Heather Chandler, LMSW

About Heather

Heather works exclusively with women, mostly young adults and adults moving through different stages of life. Many come to her with anxiety, burnout or a sense of overwhelm, with questions about identity and the future, with relationship challenges and changing family roles, or with the emotional side of fertility, pregnancy and becoming a mother.

She often sees a gap between what motherhood is supposed to feel like and what it actually feels like. Medical clearance or the end of maternity leave does not mean you feel ready to go back to work or to your old responsibilities, and Heather helps you see that emotional adjustment keeps its own timeline. She also makes room for experiences that are often minimized: grief after a loss or fertility challenges, fear during a pregnancy that follows a loss, feeling disconnected from excitement, or feeling hesitant to admit how hard the postpartum period is.

Clients often arrive with one concern, and as trust builds, deeper patterns come into view. Heather doesn't expect you to share everything in the first few sessions. Her style is gentle, patient and empathetic, but gentle doesn't mean she won't challenge you: she adapts to your personality and readiness for change, offering more direction or between-session exercises when you want them, without letting therapy become one more overwhelming responsibility.