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I am Licensed by the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors, License #65482, and by the Arizona State Board of Behavioral Health Examiners, License #19369.

Education & Professional Associations

• Master of Arts degree in Professional Counseling from Amberton University
• Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from Indiana University
• Certified Enneagram Teacher in the Narrative Tradition
• Member of the Enneagram Association in the Narrative Tradition

Counseling Experience and Approaches

The range of my experience as a counselor includes assisting clients with a wide variety of challenges, including coping skills, anxiety, stress management, marriage and relationships, issues related to sexuality, sexual identity and orientation, grief and loss, abortion, life transitions, crisis situations, depression, abuse, pain management, addictions, and eating disorders.

As a counselor, I have had the opportunity to work in a variety of capacities: from counseling at a women’s shelter, a suicide and crisis center, and a women’s clinic, to founding and facilitating an eating-disorders support group, to working on a 24-hour phone counseling hotline. Each of these experiences in counseling was rich and unique, and I feel privileged to bring what I have learned from these counseling experiences into my private practice as a counselor.

I use cognitive-behavioral, person-centered, and psychodynamic approaches, as well as the Enneagram and a variety of other tools and techniques to enhance the effectiveness of my work.

To learn more, please visit my counseling services and counseling approaches pages.

If you have questions about whether counseling is right for you, please feel free to contact me or schedule an appointment today.

Thank you!

Heidi L. Southern, M.A., LPC

 

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I’m so glad you found our site! My name is Stanley. I am an unofficial but well known Therapy Support Dog who often assists Heidi in her sessions.

I have found that the client/counselor relationship is enriched by the presence of a loving and lovable non-human friend. I love the relaxed activity of the home office environment where I always enjoy hearing new clients’ voices and look forward to weekly visits with old friends.

Some of my areas of expertise include:

• Sit
• Stay
• Jump Over
• High Five
• Popcorn
• Slim Jims
• You’re So CUTE!

If you’d like to learn more about having counseling sessions with an adorable Therapy Dog close at hand, please feel free to contact Heidi or schedule an appointment today.

Thank you!

  

Stan the Therapy Dog

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