mental health, full spectrum doula, & yoga
Counseling is self-work and can be created by what you want and need. We will work together to tackle the issues you feel are impacting your life. I am licensed in Rhode Island, New York, and Vermont (RI #MHC01033, NY #012682, VT# 068.0135547, VA #0701014363). I am doing telehealth in those 4 states at the moment.
I work with a variety of ages and have extensive experience working with children and adolescents. I have been trained in EMDR, various trauma and somatic approaches, Family-Based Eating Disorder Treatment, CBT-Enhanced for Eating Disorders, Eating Disorder Harm Reduction, TF-CBT, and DBT. I also tend to use emotional and person-centered approaches, ACT, liberation, and a Harm Reduction lens. I believe in HAES, however have deep concerns. I tend to utilize a holistic view of mental health and think of treatment beyond talking! Movement, sleeping, eating enough, processing oppression, creativity, routine, & socializing can improve mental health. I am very supportive of the LGBTQIA community and identify as queer. I was a former teen mother, single mother, and have been on public assistance/welfare for most of my adult life. I have done a lot of work around my own privilege and oppression including race, ethnicity, ability/disability, class, heterosexism, cisgenderism, immigration status, and more. Sessions are $125 (or contact me about sliding scale and insurance options).
I'm very aligned with the 2SLGBTQIA population, sex workers, and people in poverty.
I am trained through BADT as a Full Spectrum Doula (C-FSD (BADT, 2024). I was also trained as a Birth Doula through DONA in 2011 and as a child birth educator through GentleBirth in 2019. My aim is to bring that type of support & work to adolescent and young parents, immigrants/refugees, LGBTQ parents, and single parents. I work with you as far as pay/barter/trade goes.
A doula is someone who provides support and advocacy to a person who is pregnant.
- Birth doulas can provide non-medical interventions to help the birth process feel more empowering, Birth doulas can be there with you at birth and support a few visits postpartum, and provide resources.
- Abortion doulas provide emotional, physical, and mental support and resources for someone who chooses to have an abortion (before, during, after abortion).
- Postpartum doulas provide emotional and mental support after birth during while parent/s are entering parenthood.
I am also a yoga instructor through the Yoga & Ayurveda Center/Online Yoga School (RYT® 200). I also have 2 years of experiencing co-leading a trauma-informed yoga group at a RI agency with people of all ages. I utilize yoga with my clients all of ages in their healing and treatment.
Member of:
Pro-Choice Therapists
Institute for Development for the Human Arts
Academy for Eating Disorders
International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals Foundation
Yoga Alliance
Listed on directories:
https://healingtreenonprofit.org/
https://www.ayeleth.org/
https://www.covidconscioustherapists.com/
https://www.inclusivetherapists.com/
https://openpathcollective.org/clinicians/heather-jackson/
https://www.badt.directory/new-york/brooklyn/doula/heather-jackson
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/heather-joy-jackson-providence-ri/765583
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/heather-jackson-south-burlington-vt/1359289
https://zencare.co/provider/therapist/heather-jackson
https://www.yogaalliance.org/Geographicallisting?Type=Teacher&Country=United%20States&State=Rhode%20Island&City=Providence
Crisis/Emergency Information:
Rhode Island:
Amor Support Line: 401-675-1414 (24 hour community support line - English & Spanish)
BH Link 401-414-LINK (5465)
NAMI RI Crisis
Good Samaritans/Listening Line
Kids Link: 855-543-5464 (families in crisis 24 hour line)
New York:
NYC Peer Support Services
NYC Crisis Info
Good Samaritans/Listening Line
Child & Adolescent Crisis Info
New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project (AVP) hotline
Vermont:
Clara Martin Center Crisis Line: 800-639-6360
Pathways Peer Support: 833-888-2557 (call or text)
VT Care Partners (families in crisis info)
Virginia:
Virginia 988
Mental Health Virginia - Peer Run Warmline
Hope Link Behavioral
National Crisis Lines (not all contact the cops, some do, FYI)
THRIVE: text "THRIVE" to 313-662-8209 (anti-carceral crisis support hotline for LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and those with disabilities
Texting Crisis Lifeline: 741-741
warmline.org: peer-run line
Trans LifeLine: 877-565-8860
Trevor Project: 866-488-7386
HIPS Hotline: 800-676-4477 (24 hour hotline for sex workers, people who use drugs, & LGBTQ+ people)
Strong Hearts Native Helpline: 844-7NATIVE (call or text)
Youth Line: 877-968-8491, text ‘teen2teen’ to 839863, or chat
Wildflower Alliance: 888-407-4515 (Peer Support)
Blackline: 800-604-5841 (Crisis support with a Black, LGBTQ+, & Black Femme lens)
THRIVE Lifeline 313-662-8290 (Crisis support for/by marginalized individuals)
LGBTQ Helpline For South Asians: 908-367-3374
National Coalition Of Anti-Violence Programs: 212-714-1141
National Parent & Youth Helpline
Deaf Lead 24/7 Crisis Line
Deaf Survivors ASL Hotline
Heather Jackson
MA, MPH, CGS, LMHC, LCMHC, LPC, and C-FSD (BADT)