Welcome to Mental Health!

What is Mental Health Counseling?

We all experience difficulties and obstacles in our life.

When we do not have the coping skills to manage our thoughts, feelings, body sensations, and behaviors that result from these obstacles, we encounter more distress. This is when children begin to present with symptoms like disruptive behaviors, worries/anxiety, social isolation, self-harming, attention-seeking behaviors and so on. When an adult notices this, it is a good time to seek therapy.

Mental health therapy can help with all of these concerns. If the issues are not addressed by caregivers and/or professionals, they can get worse. This is where mental health services can help!

Counseling Roles

At Heritage, we have a School Counselor and a Mental Health Counselor. We work closely together. Here are our roles:

The School Counselor provides Social Emotional Learning lessons in classrooms and checks in with many students who encounter challenges in the classroom. Short-term support is provided.

The Mental Health Counselor is recommended when challenges become more significant and there is impaired functioning in two or more areas for a child. An assessment is completed, treatment goals established, and therapy provided to meet treatment goals. Guardians are required to participate in treatment.

Mental Health at Heritage is reserved for treating the most significant concerns. Common treatment needs include:

early childhood trauma
history of abuse/neglect
foster care/adoption/relative placements
anxiety
depression
OCD
ADHD
suicide ideation
psychosis

Mental Health Counselor

Lindsey is a Licensed Independent Social Worker of Clinical Practice providing mental health therapy for children who attend Heritage. This is my 5th school year at Heritage and I am a proud former Heritage parent & TR Resident.

My areas of expertise include grief/bereavement, complex trauma, attachment (parent-child bond and early childhood wounds), and foster care/adoption or kinship placements. Prior to becoming a therapist, I spent about a decade working in the foster care system supporting separated children and families.

I have specialized training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), TF-CBT (Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), and PCIT (Parent-Child Interaction Therapy).

Lindsey Hesketh, LISW-CP

Working with Lindsey

My #1 priority is to help children feel safe and comfortable. Play is the language of children, so we play together to form a relationship, which is the foundation of our clinical work together.

I like to play games and dollhouse, do arts and crafts, and take kids outside to swing, walk, and play sports.

Parent/guardian involvement is central to my work. The parents who participate in the most family therapy tend to see the best/quickest results with their child or children. I am flexible and willing to adapt to your needs, so we make counseling work for your family.

We usually work together throughout the school year (or multiple years) until your child returns to baseline functioning and is doing well again!

I bill Medicaid for services. If you have no insurance or private insurance, I reserve a small group of those students as well. Feel free to reach out.

Lindsey Hesketh, LISW-CP

Heritage Elementary Mental Health Counselor

Email: Lhesketh@greenville.k12.sc.us Phone: 864-355-6029

I am available during school hours only. The best way to reach me is email, since I have clients in my office most of the school day. I will return phone calls and emails within 24-48 hours when I am in the office.

I maintain a small caseload of clients and generally stay full. If you have a concern about your child, let's discuss the best option to support your child's needs, which may include referrals to providers outside of school.

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