- Mindfulness based
- Cognitive approaches
- Skill focused
About Vanessa
Vanessa Heim is a licensed counselor with 25 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar issues, trauma and abuse, low self esteem, and difficult thought patterns such as obsessions, compulsions, and paranoia. She aims to create a calm space where people can talk about their thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment.
Her style combines practical skill-teaching with a mind-body, mindfulness-based perspective. She uses evidence-based cognitive approaches to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation and coping techniques that can be practiced between sessions.
Vanessa describes her work as collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on small, manageable steps and on building everyday skills that make life feel more manageable. She encourages people to define what a happier, more fulfilling life looks like for them and to work toward those goals at a realistic pace.
Vanessa holds credentials as an LPCC, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and as an LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor. She is licensed in New Mexico and Virginia and brings long experience in teaching coping skills and supporting recovery after trauma.
People who meet with her can expect straightforward guidance, practical tools to try at home, and a steady, supportive presence while they work toward improved self esteem and reduced distress.
Her style combines practical skill-teaching with a mind-body, mindfulness-based perspective. She uses evidence-based cognitive approaches to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different responses. She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation and coping techniques that can be practiced between sessions.
Vanessa describes her work as collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on small, manageable steps and on building everyday skills that make life feel more manageable. She encourages people to define what a happier, more fulfilling life looks like for them and to work toward those goals at a realistic pace.
Vanessa holds credentials as an LPCC, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and as an LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor. She is licensed in New Mexico and Virginia and brings long experience in teaching coping skills and supporting recovery after trauma.
People who meet with her can expect straightforward guidance, practical tools to try at home, and a steady, supportive presence while they work toward improved self esteem and reduced distress.