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Heather Cassandra Blessing

(She/Her/Hers)

Heather Cassandra Blessing, LMFT

LMFT

Clients I Work With

Often in the hustle and bustle of the “real world” we kind of just go with the flow and often lose ourselves. Sometimes it is scary to live our lives authentically. Living authentically means the person you feel you truly are on the inside. I started my career in the IT field, but realized I did not have a passion for it or enjoy it. I wanted to help others. I became a licensed marriage and family therapist, and am now living my authentic life path and want to help you find and live yours. I specialize in working with children, tweens, teens and adults who want to be their authentic selves, whether it is their gender journey (transgender/gender expansive/non-binary), coming out or being on the spectrum. I work with all religions and spiritualities and all types of families no matter what the unique makeup.

Approach

You deserve to be treated as an unique person on your own authentic life path. I can support you becoming the person you want to be and traveling the path that works for you! I don't believe in cookie cutter approaches - so your help set your goals and tell me what works and doesn't work for you. I provide a safe, supportive environment for you to explore yourself and grow into your most authentic self and find the path that is right for you. Give me a call or email if you have any questions.

Beliefs & Lived Experience

I am a pansexual cisgender woman that due to having naturally high testosterone levels, have struggled with many of the same challenges that transwomen have. I am married to a transman. I formerly worked in IT and Engineering and found that I love working with people. I love helping and supporting them find their authentic selves and building their success and happiness based on what they determine is their definitions of success and happiness.

More About My Practice

My practice is online. If you live in the Salem, OR area, we can also sometimes meet "in the wild", but it would not be often.

Ages Served

Adults
Older Adults (65+)
Teens (13-17)
Young Adults (18-25)

Services Provided

Individual Therapy

Languages Spoken

English

Faith Communities Served

Spiritual

Specializations

Modalities

Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Compassion Focused
Culturally Responsive Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Existential Therapy
Experiential Therapy
Family Systems Therapy
Humanistic Therapy
Integrative Therapy
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Mindful Self Compassion
Mindfulness
Motivational Interviewing
Narrative Therapy
Psychoanalytic Therapy

Specialties

Gender Identity
LGBTQ+
Life Transitions
Women's Issues

Insurance and Payment

Payment Accepted

Cash
Check
Credit
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Out of Network (Superbills Provided)
Private Pay (Superbills Not Provided)
Sliding Scale

Session Fees

$200
-$200

Insurance Accepted

Aetna
Anthem
BlueCross BlueShield
Carelon Behavioral Health
Cigna
Evernorth EAP (Cigna)
Moda Health
Optum
PacificSource
Providence
Regence
UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH

State Licensed In

California
Nevada
Oregon
Pennsylvania