About Naharia
Dr. Naharia Heard is a licensed professional counselor in Virginia with 10 years of experience. She combines practical skills with a straightforward approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, and relationship challenges.
She is a mother and an Army veteran, and she brings those life experiences into her work with clients. She focuses on helping individuals manage daily stress and build coping skills. That includes parenting strain, grief, intimacy-related concerns, anger, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She also supports people working through trauma and abuse, substance use, and LGBT-related issues. Her work draws on several common therapy methods, including client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, emotionally-focused therapy, and motivational interviewing. In sessions she helps clients set practical goals, try new skills, and notice what gets in the way of change.
The pace is collaborative and goal-focused rather than overly technical. Dr. Heard holds a Doctorate in Mental Health Counseling and practices as an LPC in Virginia.
She uses a mix of talking, skill practice, and problem-solving to address career concerns, self-esteem, and life transitions. She also offers coaching-style support when clients want hands-on steps toward goals. People seeking flexible care will find options for video, phone, chat, and text sessions.
She works in English and is not taking clients outside the United States. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used to connect people and schedule sessions.
How therapeutic approaches are used in online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the client's own goals and perspectives. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps clients make choices that fit their values and day-to-day life. This approach is useful for building trust and clarifying what matters most to someone.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. Sessions often include simple exercises and experiments to test new ways of thinking and acting. CBT is commonly used for anxiety, depression, stress, and problem-solving around work or relationships.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist works together with the client to pick methods that match the person's goals, needs, and preferences, and adjustments are made as progress continues. This collaboration helps keep therapy practical and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can fit a short break at work or when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can support quick check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule care around daily life and responsibilities.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Depression
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English