Professional
Counseling Services
Heather Sherman, LCSW
Welcome to Pawsitive Pathways Counseling, where healing begins with connection—whether through heartfelt conversation, playful moments, or the gentle presence of a therapy dog. With over a decade of experience supporting children, teens, and families, I provide a compassionate, strengths-based approach to help clients navigate life’s challenges and build emotional resilience. My practice combines evidence-based therapies with the comfort of Animal-Assisted Therapy, creating a safe and welcoming space for growth, healing, and self-discovery. Whatever brings you here, I’m honored to walk alongside you—tail wags included.
Areas of Focus
Anxiety Therapy
Learn to break free from worry cycles, calm your system, and live more freely.
Depression Therapy
Identify negative thought patterns, build healthy coping skills, and modify behaviors, to create a path towards hope.
Process complex emotions, reduce anxiety, and build healthy coping skills for navigating family changes.
Family Change Therapy
Begin a goal-oriented journey that helps manage issues by identifying and changing harmful thought patterns and behaviors.
CBT
DBT
Combine CBT with mindfulness to help regulate emotions and cultivate acceptance of the present moment.
Use Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to help process trauma, PTSD, and anxiety.
EMDR
Experience therapy with Louis, my certified therapy dog, for a more comforting and grounded path toward healing.
Animal-Assisted Therapy
Sand Tray Therapy
Create a 3D, symbolic world using mini figures, to process emotions, trauma, and inner experiences.
Mindfulness
Become aware of present-moment thoughts and feelings to reduce stress and enhance well-being.
Play Therapy
Use toys, games, and play to express emotions, process trauma, and develop healthy coping mechanisms.
Trauma Therapy
Begin the journey of healing from unresolved trauma.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
Build lasting change by creating solutions from your strengths and what's already working.