Heather S. Dowling, LCSW, LLC

Clinician Bio

About Heather S. Dowling

Heather S. Dowling is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Faculty member at Yale University. She has a private practice for 10 years in Connecticut where she treats adolescents to adults specializing in individuals, families, recovery, mental health issues, and dual diagnosis. Her practice is integrative and incorporates breathwork, yoga, shamanic practices, somatic experiencing, family constellations, and KAT (Ketamine Assisted Therapy). Heather is passionate about offering individuals, families and communities an embodied healing experience, which aid them on their transformative journeys. Heather is also an adjunct faculty teaching Family Constellations and Shamanic Studies at The Graduate Institute for Consciousness Studies. She provides mental health consultation to the Fort Peck First Nations Tribe in North Western Montana for suicide prevention with children and families.

A Little About Me…

In her free time Heather enjoys practicing yoga, being in nature, traveling, connecting with family and friends.


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    Therapy Approaches:
    • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
    • Addiction Counseling
    • Anger Management Therapy
    • Art Therapy
    • Attachment Theory
    • Coaching
    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
    • Couples Counseling
    • Culturally Sensitive Therapy
    • Dance / Movement Therapy
    • EcoTherapy
    • Emotionally Focused Therapy
    • Energy Psychology
    • Experiential Therapy
    • Expressive Art Therapy
    • Family Systems
    • Family Therapy
    • Feminist Therapy
    • Gestalt Therapy
    • Hypnotherapy
    • Integrative Therapy
    • Internal Family Systems
    • Intervention
    • Mindfulness-based Therapy
    • Somatic Therapy (Body Centered)
    • Wilderness Therapy
    Specialties:
    • Abortion, Pregnancy Loss and Miscarriage
    • Abuse
    • ADHD
    • Adjustment Disorder
    • Adolescent Issues
    • Aging Concerns
    • Alcohol Abuse and Alcohol Dependence
    • Alzheimer's
    • Anger Issues
    • Anxiety
    • Attachment
    • Bipolar
    • Body Image Issues
    • Burnout
    • Cancer
    • Career Counseling
    • Chronic Pain or Illness
    • Codependency
    • Compassion Fatigue
    • Coparenting
    • Cultural and Systemic Oppression
    • Depression
    • Dissociative Disorders
    • Divorce
    • Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence
    • Drug Dependence / Abuse / Addiction
    • Family Caregiving Stress
    • Family Conflict
    • Grief or Loss
    • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
    • Infertility
    • Infidelity or Affairs
    • Insomnia
    • Internet Addiction
    • Job Stress
    • Learning Disorders
    • LGBTQ Issues
    • Life transitions
    • Panic
    • Parenting
    • Personal Growth
    • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
    • Pregnancy and Postpartum
    • Relationship / Marriage Issues
    • Self-Esteem
    • Sexual Abuse or Assault
    • Sexual Identity
    • Sexual Problems
    • Spirituality
    • Stress
    • Therapists Who Treat Other Therapists
    • Veterans/Military Service
    • Women's Issues
    Phone: 959-210-6800
    Meeting Options:
    • Telehealth
    Age Range:
    • Children (0-12)
    • Teens (13-17)
    • Adults (18+)
    • Adults (65+)
    Address:
    Connecticut
    • Insurance
    • Sliding Scale
    • Self Pay Options / Out of Network
    • Out of Network / Superbill Provided
    Accepted Insurance:
    • Aetna
    • BCBS of MA
    • Cigna
    • Connecticare
    • Optum
    • Oxford Health Plans