About Heather
Heather Wilkie is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who uses practical, person-focused therapy to help people manage anxiety and stress. She brings clear, calm guidance and a respectful tone to sessions. Heather works from Florida and offers several online session formats to fit busy lives.
Her approach blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, and client-centered methods. She helps people notice patterns, test small changes, and build habits that reduce worry and improve day-to-day functioning.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear, doable steps rather than vague theory. Heather has nine years of clinical experience working with concerns such as anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addiction, and relationship and intimacy-related issues. She also supports people dealing with parenting stress, sleep and eating difficulties, and career-related strain.
Her background includes work with LGBT and identity-related concerns and a variety of attachment and communication problems. In conversation she aims to be collaborative and straightforward. Heather listens first, then offers tailored tools and experiments clients can try between sessions.
She balances emotional support with practical skill-building so people can feel steadier in daily life. Heather accepts sessions in English and does not work with international clients. Video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging are available.
To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a time that fits their needs.
How Heather’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It encourages identifying personal values and taking small steps toward a meaningful life, which can help with persistent anxiety and stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It uses practical exercises and experiments to challenge unhelpful thinking and build coping skills for worry, sleep problems, and mood concerns.
Client-Centered Therapy centers on a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship. The therapist listens deeply and helps people find their own solutions, which supports growth around identity issues, relationships, and self-esteem.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. Heather will work with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. She adjusts pace and techniques based on feedback so therapy feels relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to check in between sessions or fit brief conversations into a busy day. These options help people keep therapy steady while juggling work, family, and other responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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