Heidi M. Wood, L.C.S.W.

I am a licensed clinical social worker who provides thoughtful, evidence-based therapy to adults (ages 21+) and parents. I specialize in helping people navigate anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), depression, grief and loss, life stress, spiritual exploration, and challenges related to adult ADHD. I’m also expanding my practice to include older adults, bringing sensitivity and depth to the experience of aging, changing roles, and life reflection.

My approach centers on  Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) integrated with Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), Mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I also offer evidence-based parent support — including Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE) and Positive Discipline — which empowers parents with skills that transform family dynamics.

I bring curiosity, care, and collaboration to therapy. Together, we clarify what’s most important to you, explore unhelpful patterns, and build practical skills that support lasting change. As a social worker, I bring a fundamental belief in self-determination to help you understand your inherent worth and the power you have to heal yourself.

A core part of my work is rooted in a commitment to antiracism and equity. This commitment shapes how I think about systemic stress, cultural context, and interpersonal safety in the therapeutic process. I strive to create an environment that values diversity, honors each person’s identity and experience, and supports meaningful growth for individuals and families.

I provide therapy via telehealth, offering flexible support that meets you where you are. I offer services to Atlanta CBT as an independent contractor. 

MY EXPERIENCE

I have over fifteen years of experience working with children and adults in various settings including outpatient therapy (in person and via telehealth), inpatient therapy, intensive in-home therapy, preschools and daycares, and crisis centers. I am fully licensed to provide therapy to patients in the state of Georgia.

MY AVAILABILITY 

I see clients between the hours of 9am-2pm on weekdays via telehealth. 

ACADEMIC TRAINING:

M.S.W., Clinical Social Work

Smith College School for Social Work

B.A., Education

Landegg Academy, Switzerland

ADVANCED CLINICAL TRAINING

SPACE method: Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions

International Obsessive Compulsive Disorders Foundation Behavioral Treatments Training Institute

Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy (ERP) for OCD 

Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness

Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Online Therapy

Grief and Grieving

21st Century Parenting

Positive Discipline, Certified Educator

Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) Model for Children Birth through Five

Narrative Family Therapy

Depressive Disorders in African Americans

ANTI-RACISM COMMITMENT

Since 1995, the School for Social Work at Smith College has been committed to becoming an anti-racism institution and actively works towards this goal through their curriculum and community. My professional education is rooted in this commitment and since childhood, my personal development has been tied to the concept of equality. But despite my dedication to social justice, it wasn’t until I became a parent and moved from Arizona to Georgia that theory became reality. And just like that, all of my wonderful ideals were put to the test. 

I was bombarded by my own conditioning, by the decades of brainwashing – nurtured and supported in a bubble of whiteness – that had methodically seeped into my brain. I made a choice to re-examine everything: my thoughts, feelings and behaviors, my beliefs about what defined a “safe neighborhood” and a “good school,” what it meant to parent a white child in a racist society, what it really meant to be an ally, how obliviously I had participated in systemic racism, and how my well-being had been affected by such a long separation from people of color. My daughter attends our neighborhood public school, and she’s one of the handful of white kids in the school. I’m going to have to keep learning, through more books and more workshops and more dialogue and more relationships and more action, as I attempt to raise a white girl to be a white woman who does not wield power through fear. 

As a practicing therapist, I’ve come to realize my passions for mental health, healthy families, and anti-racism work complement each other, so I decided to create Brave Little Steps. At Brave Little Steps, I offer training and consultation to help white people develop new capacities, thoughts, and behaviors to use as tools for disrupting injustice and building authentic cross-racial relationships and equitable systems.

Heidi M. Wood, L.C.S.W. provides services to Atlanta CBT on a contract basis.