Dr. Naharia Heard, LPC

Dr. Naharia Heard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia with more than 10 years of clinical experience. She holds a Doctorate in Mental Health Counseling, which is a doctoral degree focused on advanced training in assessment and treatment of mental health concerns, and she is a Certified Substance Abuse Counselor, a credential indicating specialized training in treating substance use issues.

As a mother and Army veteran, she brings personal insight and a steady presence to her work with individuals, couples, and families. Her clinical focus includes managing stress and anxiety, treating depression, addressing trauma and abuse including sexual abuse and combat-related trauma, and supporting recovery from substance use. She also works with relationship and family difficulties, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, anger and self-esteem concerns, career and coaching needs, compassion fatigue, and LGBT-related matters.

Dr. Heard integrates a range of evidence-informed approaches to match each person’s needs. Her methods include client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), emotionally-focused therapy (EFT), motivational interviewing, narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy, and trauma-focused interventions. She also draws on cognitive processing techniques, family and structural family therapy perspectives, person-centered and strength-based work, and brief solution-focused strategies when appropriate.

She provides services across individual, couples, and family modalities and applies both clinical treatment and coaching strategies depending on client goals. Dr. Heard is not currently accepting new clients. She remains committed to supporting individuals and families through life transitions and complex mental health concerns with practical skills and compassionate clinical care.