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Heidi Long

Heidi Long, LMFT

Arizona

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LMFT - Relationships and Family Concerns

  • Blended family issues
  • Parenting support
  • ACT and DBT methods

About Heidi

Heidi Long is an Arizona licensed marriage and family therapist, LMFT, with 12 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing relationship strain, parenting stress, blended family issues, and life changes. Sessions focus on practical steps to manage anxiety, grief, addiction concerns, or trouble with intimacy and self-esteem.

She uses several approaches to guide conversations and practice new skills. Heidi draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take workable steps. She uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current reactions. Client-Centered methods keep the work grounded in each person’s priorities.

In sessions she listens for what matters most and then helps people try different ways of responding to conflict or stress. Expect clear discussion of what’s happening at home and concrete tools to change patterns that cause repeated fights or tension. She also teaches emotion regulation skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy when stress or anger runs high.

People come with a range of concerns from parenting and co-parenting struggles to ADHD, trauma, or work stress. Heidi also addresses issues such as adoption and foster care, caregiving strain, and first responder stress. She works in English and sees adults based in Arizona.

To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session. Payment follows a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; specific session options should be confirmed before booking.

Therapeutic approaches and online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people name their values and take small actions that match those values. It is useful for anxiety, low motivation, and life transitions where people want clearer direction. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current reactions and closeness. It can be helpful when trust, anger, or repeated conflict show up in adult relationships.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that fit the client’s goals, and adjust the plan based on what works. Clients and the therapist decide together which strategies to use and when to practice new skills between sessions.

Confirm the specific online session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. They also let people join from different locations within the therapist’s permitted region. The therapist will discuss practical details and scheduling once the initial matching questionnaire and first appointment are set.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

LGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsParenting issuesADHD

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)Divorce and separationFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMood disordersPersonality disordersPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyDialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyGottman MethodJungian TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

12+ years

Listed in

Arizona

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with adults on relationship conflict, parenting stress, blended family issues, anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction concerns, and related challenges.

What is her therapeutic style?

Her style mixes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based ideas, Client-Centered practice, DBT skills, and Emotionally-Focused approaches to fit the person’s needs.

How much experience does she have?

She has 12 years of professional clinical experience working with adults on relationship and family-related concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is an LMFT licensed in Arizona and works with adults in that state.

Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

Which session formats are available?

Confirm current session options before booking as the biography does not list specific formats.

How does payment work?

Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; exact costs vary with location.

How do I get started?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.

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