Heather DeJanovich
Co-Founder | LCSW
Heather DeJanovich, LCSW, is the co founder of Roots of Regulation Counseling and has spent more than 15 years helping individuals understand themselves with greater compassion rather than criticism. She believes many of the struggles people experience today are adaptive responses to overwhelming experiences, relationships, and environments, not evidence that something is fundamentally wrong with them.
Heather specializes in trauma therapy, complex trauma, developmental trauma, attachment, nervous system regulation, EMDR therapy, and somatic approaches. She works with adults navigating anxiety, depression, grief, relationship challenges, life transitions, perfectionism, people pleasing, burnout, identity exploration, and the lasting effects of trauma. More than anything, she is passionate abou
Healing does not happen because someone fixes you.
It happens when your nervous system begins to experience safety, connection, and new possibilities.
How Heather Understands Healing
Rather than asking, What is wrong with you? she asks, What happened? What did your nervous system learn? What does it need now?
Heather believes that every behavior, emotion, and protective strategy makes sense when viewed through the context of a person’s relationships, experiences, and nervous system.
She believes that healing begins with understanding ourselves before trying to change ourselves.
Therapy is not about becoming someone different. It is about developing a more compassionate relationship with yourself while creating new experiences that allow your nervous system to discover greater flexibility, connection, and safety.
Her goal is not simply symptom reduction.
Heather integrates attachment science, Polyvagal Theory, EMDR, somatic approaches, interpersonal neurobiology, and other evidence based trauma therapies into a collaborative process that honors both the wisdom of the body and the complexity of human relationships. It is helping clients make coherent sense of themselves so they can live with greater authenticity, connection, resilience, and freedom.
Clinical Training and Areas of Focus
Heather has advanced training in Polyvagal Theory, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), attachment based therapies, somatic approaches, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy. She is currently working toward EMDR Certification and continues to pursue advanced education in trauma, attachment science, interpersonal neurobiology, and the relationship between the brain, body, and healing.
In July 2026, Heather will complete an advanced training certificate in psychedelic assisted therapy. She has also completed 11.5 hours of specialized training in ketamine assisted psychotherapy and plans to begin formal training in ketamine assisted psychotherapy in the fall of 2026. She is passionate about the emerging field of psychedelic assisted mental health care and looks forward to thoughtfully incorporating these approaches into her practice as her training progresses and the evolving clinical landscape allows.
Heather also serves as a clinical supervisor, educator, and presenter. She is passionate about mentoring therapists, creating spaces for clinicians to learn and connect, and advancing the field through consultation, continuing education, and community building.
An Inclusive Practice
Heather is LGBTQIA plus affirming and proudly identifies as queer herself. She is committed to creating a therapeutic space where people of all identities, relationship structures, cultures, family systems, spiritual backgrounds, and lived experiences feel genuinely welcomed, respected, and understood.
Her work is informed by a deep commitment to social justice and an understanding that healing never happens in isolation. Our lives are shaped by our relationships, our communities, our cultures, and the systems we exist within. Therapy should honor all of those realities while helping people move toward greater freedom, authenticity, and connection.
Beyond the Therapy Room
Outside of clinical work, Heather loves teaching, writing, presenting, and creating opportunities for therapists to deepen their understanding of trauma, attachment, and nervous system regulation. She believes that when clinicians feel supported and connected, entire communities benefit.
When she is not working, you can usually find Heather wandering through the woods, collecting interesting rocks, listening to music, reading, spending time with her daughter, family, and friends, or enjoying an Arnold Palmer or a Diet Coke with lemon.
Heather provides in person therapy in Frankfort, Illinois, as well as virtual therapy throughout Illinois.
If You Are Looking for a Therapist
Whether you are navigating trauma, anxiety, relationship challenges, identity exploration, burnout, grief, or simply feeling disconnected from yourself, Heather is honored to walk alongside you.
Her hope is that therapy becomes a place where you feel deeply understood, challenged with compassion, and empowered to build a life that feels more connected, authentic, and fully your own. Healing is not about becoming someone new. It is about coming home to yourself.