- Collaborative approach
- Evening and weekend hours
- 18 years experience
About Heather
Heather Kangur is a licensed clinical social worker with 18 years of experience. She began her career supporting adults and children with intellectual and physical disabilities and has continued to help people facing many kinds of life challenges. Heather focuses on practical work that helps people feel steadier and more able to manage daily stressors.
She uses straightforward conversation and gentle challenge to help people with anxiety, depression, trauma, and grief. Heather also supports parents dealing with the pressures of caregiving, people navigating separation or divorce, and those facing codependency or relationship struggles. She draws on plain tools that people can try between sessions.
Her background includes individual therapy, group work, behavioral case management, and facilitation. Over nearly two decades she has worked with people across different ages and cultures. Heather’s experience includes supporting people with ADHD, autism, traumatic brain injury, and those affected by abuse.
In sessions she emphasizes the therapeutic relationship and collaborative problem solving. She tends to use practical strategies from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness, while keeping the person’s goals central. Heather aims to help people notice patterns, try small changes, and build routines that fit their life.
She offers evening and weekend availability and maintains regular message checking between sessions. To begin, clients complete a brief matching questionnaire and then schedule according to her availability.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Options
Heather brings together client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and emotionally-focused ideas to help people manage current problems. Client-centered work means conversations that follow the person’s concerns and pace, helping them feel heard and understood. Cognitive behavioral techniques involve noticing thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or depression. Emotionally-focused ideas focus on understanding patterns in close relationships and helping people express feelings more clearly.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Heather will help figure out what fits best based on someone’s goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean trying one method first and adjusting if something else would work better.
Session formats were not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins, and remove commute time. Many people find it helpful to use evening or weekend sessions to balance work and family life, and Heather notes she offers those times. Licensed professionals can adapt the approaches above to work effectively in remote appointments when agreed on by client and therapist.
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Experience
18+ years
Credentials
New York
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does Heather help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, grief, and relationship or family concerns. Codependency, ADHD, and life-purpose questions are also listed among her focus areas.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Heather uses a collaborative, client-centered approach. She combines practical techniques from cognitive behavioral and mindfulness methods with attention to emotions and meaning.
What is her professional background?
She began working in 1996 with adults and children with intellectual and physical disabilities and has about 18 years of clinical practice in individual therapy, groups, and case management.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in New York and lists New York as her location.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.