Heather Scarbrough, LMFT

Arizona · 10 years in practice

Heather Scarbrough is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Arizona.

License and registration

LMFT, Arizona: LMFT-15307 · expires January 2027
NPI: 1902446156 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 10
Languages: English

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About Heather

Heather Scarbrough is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in Arizona. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. Heather combines practical tools with careful listening so people can feel steadier and more in control.

Her work often addresses trauma and abuse, grief, parenting stress, and challenges related to ADHD and bipolar mood differences. She also supports concerns like intimacy, self-esteem, anger, and compassion fatigue.

Background and approach

People come to her to sort through family conflicts, communication problems, and life transitions. Heather uses a mix of proven approaches, including attachment-based methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, emotionally-focused work, and EMDR. In sessions she blends these methods to match what each person needs, focusing on clear steps and manageable practice between meetings.

She aims to create a calm space where people can talk honestly about hard things without judgement. Sessions emphasize building skills for emotion regulation, improving communication, and addressing painful memories in a paced way. Heather helps people set concrete goals and track small changes that lead to better day-to-day functioning.

With ten years of clinical experience, Heather brings practical experience and steady support. She works with adults on personal growth, trauma recovery, parenting concerns, and relationship issues. Sessions are offered in English and conducted online by video, phone, chat, or text messaging.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Heather lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Parenting issues
LGBT
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Blended family issues
Caregiver issues and stress
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Divorce and separation
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Jealousy
Life purpose
Mood disorders
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Somatization
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Heather names

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Online support

Online approaches that fit your needs

Heather uses a few core approaches that translate well to online work. Attachment-based therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people build safer ways of connecting and communicating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) emphasizes identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) addresses traumatic memories by using structured processing techniques to lessen emotional intensity.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work she does with each person. Heather will talk through what feels most useful, try approaches collaboratively, and adjust plans based on the client's goals and response to treatment. This way people help shape their own care rather than being given a one-size-fits-all plan.

Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and text messaging let clients send updates between sessions or use written check-ins on a schedule. These options help fit therapy into work, family life, and busy routines.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does Heather commonly help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family challenges, parenting strain, grief, and emotion regulation issues.

What style of therapy does she use?

Heather blends attachment-based approaches, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, emotionally-focused work, and EMDR to fit each person's needs.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has ten years of experience working with adults on trauma recovery, relationship concerns, mood issues, and life transitions.

Where is she licensed and based?

She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in Arizona and holds the AZ LMFT credential.

Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

She provides therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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