Heather White Brighton LSCSW, CEDS
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Services

Individual Therapy

One on One counseling sessions exploring patterns of relationships, interactions, and behaviors both constructive and destructive. Whether addressing disordered eating, anxiety, depression, family problems, or feeling overwhelmed by the pace of life, individual therapy is an opportunity to gain clarity and objectivity to live the life you want. Heather utilizes "parts work" or Internal Family Systems to help individuals in the healing process.

​Sessions are 45-60 minutes long and are a by appointment only.
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Couples and Family Therapy

Couples and/or Family therapy includes any significant member of your support system including spouses, friends, parents, siblings, and/or roommates. Humans are tethered together in many ways (biological, psychological, financial). Addressing relationship systems is a key way to manage your own symptoms and anxiety. Heather engages each person in the relationship in identifying the parts of them that are triggered and activated by the other with focus on each person working on themselves.

​Sessions are 60 minutes long and are by appointment only.

Group Therapy

Group Therapy is an opportunity to work on yourself and personal growth with the reflection support, and structure of a group setting.

​Current group: Eating Disorder Process Group
Please contact for details. 
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Myths vs. Truths

Myth

Eating Disorders are about vanity.

Truth

Eating Disorders are complex biological and environmentally influenced brain disorders.

Myth

Only White women have eating disorders.

Truth

Eating Disorders are present in staggering numbers in people of color, men, athletes, gay/lesbian and transgendered population.

​Myth

“Just Eat” is a pathway to recovery. 

​Truth

Eating disorders are complicated illnesses and feeding oneself normally is only one small piece of recovery.

​Myth

Eating Disorders are a young person’s disease.

​Truth

Eating Disorders in the mid-life and after are on the rise in women, in particular.

​Myth

People with depression need to change their attitude.

​Truth

 Depression is a brain disorder, not a choice.

​Myth

Depression is made up.

​Truth

While there is no current diagnostic test readily available, depression is a well documented diagnosis, which can be well treated with a variety of modalities including psychotherapy.

​Myth

Everyone has anxiety, so it’s not really a big deal.

​Truth

Feeling anxious is a part of our growingly busy and stressed society, but this is quite different from diagnosable anxiety. 

​Myth

We don’t really need other people; we can do life alone. 

​Truth

In the words of Dwight Shrute “FALSE”. We are wired to be interconnected to one another. Research such as Brene Brown’s work on vulnerability and shame is evidence of our need for others. 

​Myth

People who suffer from anxiety and depression are on the couch and non-functional.

​Truth

There are many people who suffer from anxiety and depression and “look normal” on a daily basis. People who we live, work, commute, pray, and play with suffer from these conditions. Pop culture calls it “functional depression” or “functional anxiety”. And, it is real. 

​Myth

Seeking treatment is a sign of weakness.

​Truth

Seeking help for yourself is courageous, necessary, and responsible. We have only one human to be totally responsible for in this life, and it is ourselves.  So, seek help and work on your life. 

You either walk in your own story and own it or you stand outside your story and hustle for worthiness.
​-Brene Brown

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