Heather Rink-Rosas, LMFT

Heather Rink-Rosas is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 18 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, or the fallout from trauma and abuse. She also supports those facing addictions, anger, bipolar challenges, and relationship or family concerns. Heather speaks English and Spanish and practices in California.

Her approach is practical and person-focused. She pulls from several therapy styles and relies heavily on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Heather works with each person to spot patterns that keep problems going and then tries out changes that fit daily life.

Heather adapts treatment to each person’s needs instead of using a fixed plan. She pays attention to attachment issues, abandonment, adoption and foster care themes, and blended family dynamics when relevant. She also addresses body image, codependency, communication and control issues, and the emotional impacts of separation or divorce.

Over nearly two decades she has supported people dealing with complex mixes of issues, including co-morbidity, dissociation, and disruptive mood concerns. Her style balances emotional understanding with practical tools so clients can try new ways of coping between sessions.

Beginning therapy often feels hard, and she frames the first steps as collaborative. Heather tailors the conversation and treatment plan to each person’s goals and circumstances, helping them move from feeling stuck to making manageable changes.

How CBT and ACT work online with practical support

Heather commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thought and behavior patterns that cause distress. CBT breaks concerns into small, workable steps and often includes homework to practice new skills between sessions.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying values and building actions that match those values even when difficult feelings are present. ACT can help with long-standing worry, avoidance, and problems that drain energy.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, try methods that fit the person, and adjust based on what helps. That collaborative process helps identify which strategies feel useful and realistic.

Online therapy offers several practical options: video calls for a full face-to-face feel, phone sessions if bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging for shorter updates or when typing feels easier. These formats make scheduling more flexible and can help people fit sessions into work or family routines.