Heather Abreu
Compassionate, practical mental health support for families
- Credentials
- LPC, LMHC
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- New York, Connecticut
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Heather
Heather Abreu is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Connecticut. She writes plainly and listens carefully to help parents and families facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, or big life changes. Heather offers a calm, direct presence and works with clients to build practical skills and clearer choices.
She stresses strength-based work and believes clients know themselves best. Heather brings 20 years of clinical experience across mental health, addiction treatment, and criminal justice settings, as well as independent practice.
Background and approach
She has extensive work supporting people affected by addiction and their loved ones, as well as those recovering from trauma and families in conflict. She also helps people navigate transitions like divorce and career change. Her approach mixes techniques based on what a person needs rather than one fixed method.
Sessions focus on identifying patterns that keep someone stuck and learning concrete tools to change them. Heather is willing to challenge clients when needed while staying patient and empathetic. In sessions she aims to create a respectful space where a plan is built together.
The work may include skill building, healthier coping strategies, and reworking beliefs that no longer serve a person. Heather supports practical steps toward clearer relationships and improved daily functioning. She communicates in English and provides remote care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Her license information is CT LPC 6799 and NY LMHC 000565.
Evidence-Based Approaches for Online Family and Parenting Support
Heather uses well-established, evidence-informed techniques and adapts them to the needs presented in sessions. One approach focuses on skill building - teaching concrete tools for managing anxiety, stress, and difficult interactions so daily life becomes easier to navigate. Another approach centers on identifying and changing unhelpful patterns - noticing the thoughts and behaviors that keep someone stuck and practicing alternatives to create better routines and relationships.Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Heather works with each person to learn what helps and adjusts methods over time based on goals and feedback. She respects the client as the expert on their life while offering guidance and structure to reach practical improvements.
Online therapy with Heather is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to attend sessions from home, coordinate around parenting responsibilities, and follow up between meetings. The range of formats supports flexible, ongoing work toward clearer communication, healthier coping, and better everyday functioning.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- New York, Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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