Heather Wagner

Heather Wagner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She brings 18 years of experience helping people facing grief, major life changes, and the exhaustion that can come from caring for others.

She often supports people who are older or who care for someone of advanced age. Heather helps clients sort through the emotions that follow loss and changing roles. She also offers practical resources to reduce stress and emotional overwhelm.

Her approach is straightforward and centered on real-life needs. Sessions focus on what is happening now and what can be done next. That might include managing grief symptoms, building coping routines, or planning supports for caregivers.

Heather pays attention to the strain that compassion fatigue and first responder stress can cause. She helps people identify burnout signs and find ways to restore energy and meaning. She also addresses loneliness and social isolation as part of a person’s overall wellbeing.

People meet her for clear guidance and steady support during hard transitions. Heather works with each person to set goals and to try changes that fit daily life. She encourages small, practical steps alongside emotional processing.

Evidence-based techniques and online care

Heather uses well-established, evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage grief and the stress of caregiving. One approach focuses on processing loss through guided conversations and memory work, helping people make sense of what they have experienced and develop ways to remember and move forward.

Another approach emphasizes practical coping skills for stress and compassion fatigue. This involves learning short routines for calming the nervous system, pacing caregiving tasks, and building small habits that reduce overwhelm and restore energy.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Heather collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and day-to-day life. She adjusts techniques over time based on what helps most and invites feedback at every step.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow quicker check-ins during a work break or between caregiving duties. Licensed professionals can also adapt sessions when someone needs shorter meetings, telephone-only check-ins, or video conversations, depending on what the therapist offers.