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Heather Dominguez

Calm practical guidance for families

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
26 years
Licensed in
Alaska
Languages
English, Spanish
Format
Online sessions

About Heather

Heather Dominguez is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on family and parenting concerns. She offers calm, direct support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or changes in family life. Heather speaks English and Spanish and brings 26 years of clinical experience to her sessions.

She began her work in counseling after completing a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Counseling.

Background and approach

Heather has practiced in Alaska since 2013 and has worked in both the Northwest Arctic and the Kenai Peninsula. Her background includes crisis counseling, vocational guidance, and work with addiction and trauma. In the room Heather keeps things straightforward.

She uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also uses acceptance and commitment techniques and mindfulness exercises to build emotional flexibility and reduce reactivity. Heather is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, a method used for trauma work.

She has experience supporting those facing loss, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and large life transitions. Her style is respectful and grounded, and she says faith can be a resource when clients choose to use it. Parents and family members looking for help with communication, blended family challenges, parenting struggles, or coping with major changes can expect practical guidance.

Heather aims to help families restore balance and rebuild connection through clear, step-by-step work.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Heather often draws from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in online sessions. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can ease anxiety, depression, and day-to-day stress. Acceptance and commitment therapy focuses on values and committed action, teaching practical skills to accept difficult feelings while moving toward what matters most.

She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for trauma when appropriate, which is a structured method to reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and their emotional impact. These approaches are chosen with the client in mind and adjusted as the work progresses.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and revisit the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. That variety helps parents and busy adults fit sessions into real life, continue work during transitions, and stay connected when travel or distance would otherwise make in-person visits difficult.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Heather address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, parenting challenges, anger and self-esteem concerns, mood conditions like bipolar and depression, and coping with life changes.
What is Heather's general therapy style?
Her approach is practical and down-to-earth. She uses client-centered listening alongside tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment techniques, and mindfulness practices.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 26 years of experience working as a clinical therapist in various settings across the United States and in Alaska since 2013.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with license number AK LPC 153225 and practices in Alaska.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Heather offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are costs and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Heather?
Choose the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience
26 years
Licensed
Alaska
Languages
English, Spanish

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