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Ebony Heard

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Ebony Heard, LPC

Alabama

LPC in Alabama - Anxiety and Relationship Patterns

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Where Ebony stands

Credentials
LPC
License
LPC, Alabama / 4807
NPI
1720601974
Experience
10 years
Languages
English
Location
Alabama

About

  • Stress and anxiety
  • Codependency patterns
  • Mindfulness and ACT

About Ebony

Ebony Heard is an Alabama Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 10 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, parenting strain, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. Her stated focus also includes relationship patterns such as abandonment and attachment concerns, codependency, and communication problems.

She uses practical, conversation-based work to help people notice what they value and take steps toward those things. Sessions often involve looking at thoughts and behaviors together and trying out small changes between meetings. Mindfulness skills and cognitive techniques are used to reduce anxious thinking and improve daily functioning.

Ebony also draws on emotionally focused approaches to look at how feelings and connection affect problems like commitment worries or repeating patterns in relationships. She supports people handling caregiver stress, chronic illness, or the emotional fallout of separation and divorce. Work can include addressing substance use impacts and the strain of living with another person's moods or crises.

Her stated style centers on listening, asking clear questions, and helping clients build skills they can use outside sessions. People who want straightforward, practical steps and space to talk about real moments often find this approach helpful. She conducts work in English and practices in Alabama as an LPC.

To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their values and take small, steady actions toward them. It uses exercises to reduce getting stuck on unhelpful thoughts and to move toward meaningful life activities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and testing thoughts that keep stress and anxiety high and on trying different behaviors to see what helps. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at how emotions and attachment needs shape relationship patterns and helps people name and express feelings more clearly.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will review your needs and goals and suggest which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can change as you learn what helps in practice.

Session formats are not detailed in the biography, so confirm current online options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into busy days, allow for shorter check-ins during a break, or reduce travel time. Clear goals, worksheet-style homework, guided mindfulness practice, and weekly brief check-ins can fit into ordinary schedules and support steady progress with the therapeutic approaches described.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAttachment issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualityWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Listed in

Alabama

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She helps adults with stress, anxiety, parenting issues, low self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include attachment problems, codependency, communication issues, and caregiver stress.

How would she describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is conversation-focused and practical, using listening and clear questions. Sessions often include skills practice, mindfulness, and cognitive techniques to manage thinking and behavior.

How much experience does she have?

She has 10 years of professional experience working with adults on emotional and relationship concerns.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She is an LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, licensed in Alabama. She practices in Alabama.

Can I work with her if English is not my first language?

Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are offered?

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. Please check the platform or contact the practice to verify whether video or phone sessions are available.

How does pricing work?

Cost varies with location and is billed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. Specific rates depend on the chosen plan and local factors.

How do I get started?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to begin.

Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.

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