Heather Rink-Rosas, LMFT
Therapist in California
Heather Rink-Rosas is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 18 years of clinical experience.
- License LMFT 45004 · California Expires December 2026
- NPI 1356444269 · national registry
- Experience and languages 18+ years in practice English, Spanish
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About Heather
Heather Rink-Rosas is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 18 years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addiction, and anger. She offers care in English and Spanish and aims to treat everyone with respect and compassion.
Heather uses an adaptable approach that fits each person's situation. She often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that keep them stuck.
Background and approach
She also uses ideas from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy when those tools match a client's goals. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps. Heather helps clients name difficult feelings, try new coping skills, and build routines that support recovery and stability.
Conversations are shaped around what matters most to the client, such as relationships, work, or daily functioning. She also attends to complex life issues like attachment concerns, adoption and foster care questions, blended family stress, body image, codependency, and dissociation. People facing bipolar symptoms, disruptive mood challenges, or problems with commitment and control can find structured strategies here.
Heather encourages small, achievable changes rather than dramatic overnight shifts. She will work with each person to set realistic goals and track progress. Taking the first step can be hard, and she recognizes the courage it takes to begin treatment.
Credentials
- LMFT (California)
- License LMFT 45004 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1356444269 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Heather lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Heather names
- Gottman Method
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the approaches Heather names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Heather commonly uses the Gottman Method to address relationship patterns and communication habits, helping people notice interaction cycles and practice clearer ways of relating. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to help clients clarify personal values, accept difficult feelings, and take action in line with what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss which methods fit a person's goals, preferences, and current challenges, and then tailor sessions to those needs in a collaborative way.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging helps maintain continuity between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family, and travel schedules while keeping therapy consistent.
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Frequently asked
What concerns does Heather help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, anger, bipolar symptoms, and relationship and family-related stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is adaptable and practical, combining techniques from several models to match a person's needs and goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 18 years of professional work experience as a licensed marriage and family therapist.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a California LMFT and practices in California.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
Can people outside the U.S. work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment and getting started work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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