Heather Lopez, LCSW

Heather Lopez is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with licensure in both California and New York and 11 years of professional experience. She works with people navigating stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family conflicts, and eating-related concerns, bringing evidence-based methods to address emotional and behavioral patterns.

Heather relies on well-established approaches such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients develop practical skills and new ways of understanding difficult feelings. Her style is marked by compassion and a nonjudgmental stance, paired with a focus on balancing acceptance with forward movement toward change. The goal of her work is to help individuals move through fear and anxiety so they can develop a deeper understanding of themselves emotionally and behaviorally.

In addition to core specialties, Heather attends to issues including abandonment, caregiver stress, communication and control problems, guilt and shame, impulsivity, isolation and loneliness, mood disorders, panic attacks, postpartum depression, self-harm, and challenges affecting veterans. She aims to tailor interventions to each person’s goals, encouraging gradual progress and practical coping strategies in therapy.