- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- Attachment work
- CBT and DBT skills
About Heather
Heather Scarbrough is an Arizona-licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 10 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, ADHD, and issues with intimacy and self-esteem.
Heather focuses on helping clients name and manage strong emotions. She uses conversation and practical skills to reduce overwhelming feelings and improve daily functioning. Sessions include talking through relationship patterns, handling life changes, and addressing compassion fatigue or burnout.
Her background includes work with attachment-related concerns, abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, and challenges related to autism and Asperger syndrome. She also supports people coping with blended family issues, caregiver stress, and co-morbid conditions like bipolar disorder or disruptive mood dysregulation symptoms.
In practice she draws on several therapeutic approaches, including Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and EMDR. These are used to help clients process painful memories, change unhelpful behavior patterns, and build emotion regulation skills.
Heather describes therapy as a collaborative process. She helps people try new ways of relating, practice communication skills, and develop strategies for managing anger, codependency, commitment concerns, and forgiveness. To begin, she asks people to complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session so they can discuss goals and next steps.
How Heather’s approaches work for online sessions
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and attachment patterns. It helps people identify hard-to-name feelings and see how those feelings shape their reactions and relationships. EFT is often used when patterns of disconnection or repeated emotional responses cause distress.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds affect current ways of relating. It helps people understand attachment needs and practice new ways of asking for support or setting boundaries. This approach can be useful for concerns tied to abandonment, adoption, or attachment issues.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks bigger problems into manageable steps. It links thoughts, feelings and actions, and helps people test new behaviors and coping strategies in daily life.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Heather will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That may mean combining elements from EFT, attachment work and CBT to match what the client needs in session.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins during a lunch break, avoiding travel time, or using less bandwidth when video is difficult. Licensed professionals can adapt tools like EMDR processing or DBT skills training for remote work, and Heather will discuss practical arrangements when you schedule the first session.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Arizona
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, ADHD, intimacy and self-esteem concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses conversation plus practical skills from approaches such as EFT, CBT, DBT and EMDR to help clients name emotions and change patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 10 years of experience working as a licensed therapist in Arizona.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is an Arizona LMFT and practices in Arizona.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Cost varies by location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to start therapy?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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