Ms. Heather Bridges Moshier, MBA, CAADC, LSW
(She/Her)
Preferred Name: Heather
About Me
Seeking therapy takes courage; people often feel vulnerable when reaching out for help. I believe the therapy process is a collaboration, and you are the expert on your lived experience. Together we can create a space that honors your values and beliefs and helps you live fully in the present moment, manage painful emotions and symptoms, develop self-compassion, and build more genuine relationships so that you can not only survive, but thrive. I am a trauma-informed therapist, trained in many different theories to work with individuals, couples, families, and teens living with different mental health symptoms, oppression, and interpersonal and familial difficulties. Together we can find strategies to alleviate symptoms and emotional pain, so that you thrive, not just survive. I believe in a secure, compassionate, and honest relationship, we can feel brave enough to feel, think, and talk about some of the hardest and must vulnerable things in our life. Creating this environment creates opportunity to translate changes made inside the space we create, to changes in spaces that exist and are created outside of therapy.
Education & Experience
I am providing psychotherapy to individuals PA. I have worked in non-profit and for profit agencies focusing on on individual, group, family and couple’s therapy ranging from PTSD, to re-entry, to educating at risk youth, to co-occurring disorders, to substance use and gambling disorders. I hold a Master’s Degree in Business and Public Administration and Social Work, and an undergraduate degree in Human Services, an Associate’s Degree in Criminal Justice and psychology, is a Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor (CAADC), Certified Gambling Counselor, and EMDR therapist. I have been working in the field of co-occurring disorders since 2001 and in the field of criminal justice since 1994.
Professional & Volunteer Affiliations
DDAP Pittes, Love, Peace Pinups for Pitbulls
Specialty Area
- Addictions
- Alcohol/Substance Abuse
- Anxiety/Panic Attacks
- Chronic Illness/Medical Issues
- Family Issues
- Gender Identity
- Grief/Loss/Mourning
- Marriage/Relationship Issues
- Moral Injury
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Phobias
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Race, Culture, Ethnicity Issues
- Self-Harm
- Sexual Abuse
- Suicide Risk
- Survivor's Guilt
- Traumatic Incident
Population Served
- Adults
- LGBTQ+
- Underserved
- Veterans/Military
Language
- English
Insurance
- Aetna
- BlueCross BlueShield
- Highmark
Optum, UPMC