Heather Vargo, LCSW, CCTP

03/21/2026

goal in therapy is to trust thyself

03/21/2026

02/12/2026

The Thing Is
by Ellen Bass

to love life, to love it even
when you have no stomach for it
and everything you’ve held dear
crumbles like burnt paper in your hands,
your throat filled with the silt of it.
When grief sits with you, its tropical heat
thickening the air, heavy as water
more fit for gills than lungs;
when grief weights you down like your own flesh
only more of it, an obesity of grief,
you think, How can a body withstand this?
Then you hold life like a face
between your palms, a plain face,
no charming smile, no violet eyes,
and you say, yes, I will take you
I will love you, again.

Image: photo by Arielle Schwartz of chimney rock, Sedona with a rainbow cloud in the background.

01/13/2026

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New research finds that AI chatbots like ChatGPT and therapy-specific bots can pose risks when relied upon as AI therapists.

01/12/2026

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Here are 10 important things to know before you use an AI chatbot as your therapist.

01/12/2026

So cool! 🤓

01/12/2026

Currently accepting new clients 🤓

Heather Vargo, LCSW, is the owner of Life Guidance Associates, a private out-patient psychotherapy practice established in 2003 in Paoli, PA. The practice is guided by Heather’s passion to provide the highest quality clinical services to adults, couples and teenagers who are struggling with a mult...

01/02/2026

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01/01/2026

01/01/2026

Yes! We have live on zoom yoga class this Saturday January 3rd at 9:00 am - 10:30 am MT.
Come honor this transition to the new year with a great community!
I’ll put the link to sign up in the comments.
If you have not come to my classes in the past, you can learn more by checking out the recordings on YouTube.
That link and the link to sign up for class is in the comments.
All are welcome! You are welcome!

01/01/2026

https://youtu.be/rm6KDapJbZE?si=eJMiqzQivVIsrLtl

You did it, you are here. You have listened to that inner wisdom that tugs at us when the heart, body and mind need tending to. Cortisol is the body’s primar...