About Heidi
Heidi Hanusa is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 23 years of experience. She helps people who are stressed, anxious, grieving, struggling with mood or addiction, or navigating life changes. She also supports people facing ADHD-related challenges and those working on self-esteem or career concerns.
She keeps sessions direct and practical. Conversations focus on current problems and clear steps to improve day-to-day functioning. Heidi adapts her approach to each person, listening first and then shaping short-term goals together.
Background and approach
Her work emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and steady support. In session she helps people notice patterns, try new strategies, and build routines that reduce overwhelm. She offers concrete tools for managing anger, mood swings, compulsive behavior, and the ups and downs of caregiving.
Heidi draws on a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address trauma, depression, and addictive behaviors. She involves clients in planning so that goals match real life demands like work and parenting. Progress is tracked through small, measurable steps rather than vague promises.
She practices from Nevada and conducts online sessions for people in other places. Sessions can be by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session that fits the client's timing.
Heidi aims to be steady and practical while treating people with compassion. She focuses on helping clients find manageable ways to feel more in control and more at ease in daily life.
How therapeutic methods translate to online sessions
Heidi uses a small set of evidence-based techniques that translate well to remote formats. One common method focuses on building routines and behavioral strategies to reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning; this helps with ADHD-related distractibility, anxiety, and mood problems. Another approach centers on trauma-informed care that emphasizes safety, pacing, and grounding skills to manage flashbacks or intense emotions.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will listen to what feels most pressing, try methods that match the client's goals, and adjust plans if something isn't working. Clients are invited to give feedback so the plan stays practical and realistic for their life and schedule.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can fit into a short break or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients check in between sessions or use written reflections when speaking is hard. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, and travel.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Nevada
- Languages
- English
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