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Therapy is a place to slow down, become curious, and better understand yourself. I'll meet you where you are, and together we'll explore the experiences and patterns that have shaped your life with compassion, collaboration, and care.
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Compassionate. Rooted in Curiosity and Understanding.

Many people begin therapy believing there's something fundamentally wrong with them. They've spent years feeling "too much," "not enough," or wondering why life seems harder for them than it does for everyone else. Sometimes they've been carrying those beliefs for so long that they begin to accept them as truth. Together, we'll explore the experiences, relationships, and patterns that have shaped your life. Often, what feels confusing or overwhelming starts to make sense when it's understood in context. My goal isn't to tell you who you should become or provide all the answers. It's to help you better understand yourself so you can move through life with greater confidence, clarity, and self-trust. I enjoy working with adolescents (13+), young adults, and adults who are willing to engage in the therapeutic process. Whether you're navigating anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, life transitions, caregiver stress, or simply feeling stuck, therapy is a place where we can slow down, ask meaningful questions, and make sense of what's happening beneath the surface. I believe therapy is something we create together. You don't need to know exactly where to begin, and you don't need to have all the answers before you walk through the door. You simply need a willingness to be curious about yourself. I'll meet you where you are, and we'll go from there. Accelerated Resolution Therapy® (ART) is a brief, structured psychotherapy that helps people resolve distressing memories and symptoms by reprocessing how those memories are stored in the brain; often in as little as one session. ART integrates eye-movement techniques with image rescripting to reduce emotional and physiological reactivity while clients stay in control throughout the process. Through ART, clients are able to erase negative images associated with memories, resulting in the elimination of corresponding triggers while preserving the factual memory. To learn more about ART: https://acceleratedresolutiontherapy.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/ART-Brochure-for-clients_080126.pdf
Ariel Phillips Heicher, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor, Basic ART Trained

Services

Adolescents (13+), Young Adults, Adults, and Families.

  • Women's Issues
  • School Issues
  • Family Therapy
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Adolescents
  • Young Adults in Life Transitions
  • Self-Harming
  • Self Esteem
  • Attachment Issues

Approaches

  • Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART, eye movement therapy)
  • Trauma Focused
  • Attachment-Based
  • Neurofeedback
  • Person-Centered
  • Culturally Sensitive

Insurance Accepted

  • BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina
  • BlueChoice HealthPlan HMO
  • BCBS Federal Employees Program
  • BCBS State Health Plan

Fees

  • Individual Counseling Session: $150
  • Family Counseling Session: $200

Location

Currently Seeing Clients In-Person and via Telehealth

Ariel Phillips Heicher Counseling LLC. at Earth and Soul Collective

157 N Trade St
Tryon, NC 28782-3038

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