Heather Hershey-Tompkins, LISW
Ohio · 20 years in practice
Heather Hershey-Tompkins is a licensed independent social worker with 20 years of clinical experience.
License and registration
- LISW, Ohio
- I.0008996-SUPV · expires November 2026
- NPI
- 1447115878 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Heather
Heather Hershey-Tompkins is a licensed independent social worker with 20 years of clinical experience. She centers sessions on empathy and practical steps so people feel heard and make steady progress. Heather focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and major life changes.
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other approaches to help people name difficult emotions and strengthen how they relate to themselves. Heather also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive behavioral techniques to build skills for coping, managing mood, and shifting unhelpful patterns.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented so people leave with concrete ideas they can try between meetings. Heather has worked with concerns ranging from depression and bipolar mood concerns to ADHD and compassion fatigue. She helps people navigate relationship and intimacy-related issues, communication problems, and feelings of isolation or loneliness.
Career worries and questions about life purpose are also common topics in her work. Her style is collaborative. Heather treats each person as an expert on their own experience and helps identify strengths to lean on.
She offers straightforward guidance, short skill-building exercises, and space to process grief or major transitions. Based in Ohio, Heather provides care in English and brings two decades of practical experience to each conversation. She aims to make the process of getting support feel manageable and respectful of a person’s pace.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Heather lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Communication problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Heather names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that guide online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people find and name core feelings that drive behavior, which can ease emotional distress and improve how they relate to others. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on learning to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then taking actions that match personal values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks patterns into thoughts, feelings, and actions so people can try new behaviors and test whether old beliefs still fit.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Heather collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress is made. This means therapy can focus on emotion processing, skill building, or a mix depending on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care flexible. Video works well for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging supports quick check-ins or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep continuity when schedules change.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Heather commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, relationship and intimacy-related issues, career concerns, bipolar and mood disorders, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and practical, using Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, CBT, and mindfulness to help people name feelings and build coping skills.
What is her background and experience?
Heather has 20 years of professional work experience supporting people through grief, mood concerns, and life transitions.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She is an Ohio LISW, which stands for Licensed Independent Social Worker, and practices in Ohio.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What formats are available for sessions?
Heather provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
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 Heather?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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