Heather McGovern, LCSW

Heather McGovern (pronouns she/they) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with 11 years of clinical experience supporting people who feel stuck, unheard, or constrained by social expectations. Heather uses a range of evidence-based methods and tailors each approach to a client's unique needs instead of offering one-size-fits-all plans. Their work is solution-focused, client-centered, and strengths-based, aiming to help people arrive at those "ah ha" moments that open the way to progress and healing.

Much of Heather's experience involves working with individuals who have experienced significant complex trauma, including religious trauma related to sexuality or belief systems. Heather identifies as queer - non-binary, poly, and pan - and has worked with clients at many different stages of recognizing and living their queerness. Known for a laid-back, nerdy manner and a dry sense of humor, Heather combines warmth with thoughtful challenge to support clients who want to make meaningful changes in their lives.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Heather integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into her work, helping clients clarify personal values and build flexible actions that reduce unhelpful struggle with painful thoughts or feelings. ACT can be useful for anxiety, stress, depression, and life transitions where aligning behavior with values matters.

Attachment-Based Therapy is another focus, examining how early relationships shape expectations and patterns in adult connections. This approach supports people working through relationship challenges, family of origin issues, attachment wounds, and intimacy-related concerns.

Heather also draws on client-centered principles that prioritize the person's own experience, offering empathic listening and collaborative pacing so clients feel heard and respected as they set goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Heather works collaboratively with each person to identify methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Licensed professionals and therapists can adapt techniques over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and maintain continuity of care during life changes. These formats offer flexibility and accessibility while allowing Heather to apply the same clinical approaches used in traditional sessions.