- Years in practice
- 14
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Heidi
Heidi Shock is a licensed master social worker who focuses on helping people handle pressing life challenges. She speaks plainly and aims to create a relaxed, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak honestly about what feels stuck. Parents and individuals concerned about mood, stress, or substance use will find her practical approach straightforward to follow.
She draws on 14 years of experience working with people facing trauma, addiction, grief, and complex mood or behavior concerns.
Background and approach
Heidi uses methods that help people spot unhelpful thinking, build coping skills, and connect more clearly with their values. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused, with room to process painful memories when needed. Clients often work on reducing anxiety and depression symptoms, managing anger, and improving self-esteem.
She also supports those navigating parenting challenges, attachment questions, ADHD, and the strain of caregiving. Heidi pays attention to how relationships and past losses shape current patterns. Her background includes an undergraduate degree in psychology and a Master of Social Work from Michigan State University.
Heidi has extensive work with high-risk adults from criminal-justice settings, which informs a calm, practical style that respects where each person is starting from. She offers sessions in formats that fit different schedules and needs. The first meetings usually focus on identifying priorities and creating simple, measurable steps.
Over time clients build skills for handling triggers, communicating more clearly, and managing setbacks without losing sight of long-term goals.
What Heidi works with
Everything Heidi lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Heidi helps people with.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Heidi lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's experience without judgment. It helps people feel heard and start making choices that match their values, which can ease parenting stress and relationship strain.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It teaches clear steps and exercises to change thinking patterns and try new behaviors, useful for anxiety, depression, and impulsive habits.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. Those skills help with intense emotions, anger, and relationship conflict.
Finding the best approach is a team effort. The therapist will check your goals, preferences, and what feels useful in early sessions. Together you can try techniques from different approaches and settle on what helps most for your situation.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you work face to face when a deeper conversation is needed. Phone sessions are an option when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, and follow-up between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy going around school, work, and caregiving commitments.
Questions people ask about Heidi
What concerns can this therapist help with?
Heidi works with people facing addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, parenting stress, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, bipolar concerns, ADHD, and related challenges.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Her style is conversational and client-centered, paired with cognitive-behavioral and emotion-focused techniques. Sessions focus on practical skills, clearer thinking, and building coping strategies.
What is her professional background?
She has 14 years of clinical experience and has worked extensively with high-risk clients in criminal-justice settings. Heidi holds a Master of Social Work degree.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practices from Michigan and holds the credential MI LMSW, a licensed master social worker in Michigan.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Heidi provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.
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