Heather Hale, LMSW

Heather Hale is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) practicing in Michigan with 18 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, bipolar disorder, and depression. Heather emphasizes clients' strengths and practical steps they can use in daily life.

Her approach centers on listening first and helping people name what is most pressing. She uses client-centered work to follow each person's priorities. She also draws on cognitive behavioral tools to spot unhelpful thoughts and try out different behaviors.

Heather includes skills from dialectical behavior therapy when emotions feel overwhelming. Those skills focus on regulating intense feelings and managing crisis moments. Mindfulness practices are used to slow down and notice patterns without judgment.

In sessions she helps people with codependency concerns, grief, trauma, addiction, parenting strain, sleep problems, and career stress. She also supports those coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image, and commitment worries. Her work addresses both immediate coping and longer-term habit change.

Heather describes therapy as collaborative. People can expect clear, concrete strategies alongside space to tell their story. She frames challenges as things to work on together, with concrete steps to try between sessions.

How her approaches translate to online sessions