Carey Heller, Psy.D.
Dr. Carey Heller is a licensed psychologist and founding partner of Heller Psychology Group. He specializes in the evaluation and treatment of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), executive function issues, learning disabilities, and related items including anxiety.
How Dr. Heller Supports Clients:
ADHD & Executive Functioning Support: Helping them track, plan, and efficiently complete homework assignments/work tasks, household chores, and more. Also assisting them with physical organization, time management, and other related executive function skills. The goal is to help clients to develop their own systems and consistently execute them.
Emotional Support: Assisting clients in managing frustrations, stress, feeling overwhelmed, anxiety, and other things that are impeding their daily functioning, enjoyment in life, and inhibiting thriving to their full potential.
Getting to the Root of the Issue: Dr. Heller’s assessments provide a comprehensive understanding of how a person functions, what challenges are present (i.e., ADHD, learning disability, anxiety), and what practical strategies and interventions can be used to help them to thrive. It’s like a user guide or instruction manual to your child (or yourself).
Dr. Heller’s semi unique approach providing ADHD/executive function coaching under the umbrella of psychotherapy enables him to more fully support clients emotionally while helping them make functional improvements with time management, organization, and daily routines.
ADHD, Executive Functioning, and Sports: Dr. Heller also loves sports and is a seasoned multisport youth coach. He combines his clinical expertise with real world coaching experience to help kids and teens thrive on and off the field (or court). Dr. Heller assists youth athletes with mindset, reducing stress and anxiety, managing emotions, focusing better, and more. As part of this work, he provides trainings/talks to sports leagues and other sports related organizations.
Note. Dr. Heller does not differentiate between therapy and coaching in how sessions are classified since his knowledge and understanding of mental health conditions guide any coaching work. Additionally, he routinely works with clients primarily on ADHD/executive function items while they continue to work with an existing therapist on other things.
Services Dr. Carey A. Heller Provides
+ Psychotherapy for Children, Teens and Adults
+ Executive Functioning Support (Individual Support & Group Coaching)
+ Assessments & testing
+ Presentations and Speaking – Learn More
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Dr. Heller’s Philosphy
For treating ADHD/executive function issues, Dr. Carey Heller often blends traditional talk therapy with practical ADHD/executive function coaching. This provides clients with concrete tools to help them make improvements with time management and organizational skills. For children and teens, he often focuses on direct school items, such as keeping track of assignments, managing stress/feeling overwhelmed, and relevant study skills. With adults, Dr. Heller frequently helps them to be more efficient with work tasks, plan/organize better, and balance work and personal life obligations.
Furthermore, as a psychologist, he is able to help people process their feelings, increase motivation & self-esteem, and address other relevant issues. Paired with practical strategies, this can lead to significant improvements in task completion in addition to greater satisfaction and peace in life. Finally, Dr Heller provides psychotherapy, ADHD/executive function coaching (within the context of individual treatment), and formal assessment services. He also runs an executive functioning boot camp.
Additional Work
In addition to his work with the practice, Dr. Carey Heller has a faculty appointment as an assistant clinical professor of clinical psychology at The George Washington University, providing assessment supervision to graduate students. He also serves on the board of the Montgomery County chapter of Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD) as the chapter coordinator as well as on the board of Washington Independent Services For Educational Resources (WISER). Furthermore, Dr. Heller is on the National CHADD Board as the chair of the Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) for CHADD’s Attention Magazine.
Dr. Heller’s Writing
Dr. Heller loves to write. He is a national topic expert contributor on ADHD for goodtherapy.org. Dr. Heller also has written several books, with more information under the “Resources” tab on the website. Furthermore, he frequently writes articles and has had ones published in a variety of publications including Washington Parent and Attention Magazine. Finally, Dr. Heller publishes a local blog on parenting for Montgomery Community Media.
Dr. Heller has been in private practice for over ten years. His training includes completing his pre-doctoral internship at Jewish Family Services in Richmond, Virginia, which is affiliated with the Central Virginia Consortium. He also completed an externship at the DC Superior Court’s Child Guidance Clinic. Dr. Heller has experience conducting psychotherapy and assessments with individuals across the lifespan in school, community mental health center, group practice, and forensic settings. Finally, he received his doctorate in clinical psychology from The George Washington University.
Dr. Heller’s Pastimes
Outside of work, Dr. Heller enjoys spending time with his family. He also loves sports. Dr. Heller enjoys following most professional sports, especially football, basketball, and baseball. In addition, he has a lot of fun coaching youth baseball and basketball teams. Furthermore, Dr. Heller likes photography.
Dr. Heller can see clients virtually in Maryland, D.C., Virginia, and PSYPACT states.
Explore the many articles about ADHD written by Dr. Heller – READ NOW
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"I believe that there is no universal approach to therapy. I tailor high quality sessions specifically for each client, to reflect his or her individual personality and needs."
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Hope Heller, LCSW-C, LICSW, LCSW
Hope Heller is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Therapist, and founding partner at The Heller Psychology Group. She specializes in chronic illness, anxiety, and life transitions. As a Rare Disease Patient Advocate, her mission is to help those impacted by chronic and terminal illnesses find their new normal.
How Hope helps clients:
Emotional support: Providing a safe space to express frustrations, resentment, and more related to a chronic illness, anxiety, life transitions, or other issues.
Practical guidance: Helping clients move from processing issues to actionable items that can help them cope more effectively with things and thrive to the extent possible.
Family issues: Assisting clients in managing caregiver issues, conflicts with family members, and more related to chronic illness, anxiety, life transitions, or other things.
Services Hope Heller Provides
- Psychotherapy for adults
- Group support for chronic illness and more
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Professional Background
Hope Heller has over 15 years of experience in the healthcare industry, with a specific focus in the Huntington’s Disease community. In 2009, Hope met her first patient with Huntington’s Disease, which lead to her becoming the social worker for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA) DC Metro Chapter. Here, Hope spent over 6 years facilitating their support groups and providing the broader HD community with support and resources.
Building MedStar Georgetown HD CERC
In 2012, while working on the Neuro-ICU at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Hope Heller was recruited to help start and build MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Huntington’s Disease Care, Education, and Research Center (HD CERC), the first multidisciplinary Huntington’s Disease center in the DC Metro Area. Her work played an integral role in the HD CERC receiving and maintaining HDSA Center of Excellence designation. In addition to supporting patient families, Hope ran the multidisciplinary clinics, coordinated clinical trials, planned, and coordinated community education events. Hope was also the first line of contact for anyone seeking care or genetic testing through the HD CERC.
Hope Heller’s Passion
Hope continues to provide training to healthcare facilities, and consults for pharmaceutical companies on Huntington’s Disease outreach. She has served on the Huntington’s Study Group Member Education committee and Executive Coordinator Council. Over the years, Hope has been able to take advantage of her proximity to Capitol Hill, advocating for Huntington’s Disease and other rare diseases.
Hope strongly believes that everyone should have access to good healthcare and be provided education on navigating our healthcare and long-term care systems. Moreover, she believes that Advanced Directives are a gift we give to our loved ones. She is licensed in Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Virginia.
Her Work at HPG
At Heller Psychology Group, Hope Heller provides individual psychotherapy for adults and does some family work (with adults) as well. While she works with clients who have a variety of presenting issues, she specializes in helping people navigate anxiety, chronic illnesses, and life transitions.
Hope can see clients virtually in Maryland, D.C., Virginia, Florida, and South Carolina.
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