Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Coping with life changes
How Heather works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Heather
Heather Wilkie is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Florida. She uses a warm, direct manner to help people handle stress, anger, anxiety, and changes in relationships or identity. Her approach aims to make therapy feel straightforward and useful from the first session.
With nine years of clinical experience, she offers practical ways to manage emotions and rebuild connection. Heather draws on therapies that focus on values, thoughts, and feelings to help people with depression, bipolar concerns, addictions, and coping with grief.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing challenges around intimacy, self-esteem, and career pressure. Heather works in an affirming way with LGBT concerns and gender dysphoria and brings attention to attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, and kink-aware topics. She addresses family problems, blended family stress, parenting strain, and communication or control issues without assuming one-size-fits-all answers.
Her style blends clear problem-solving with a client-centered focus. Sessions can include examining unhelpful thinking, practicing new interaction patterns, and clarifying values to guide decisions. Heather aims to help clients notice small shifts that change day-to-day functioning.
People seeking help for sleeping or eating difficulties, anger, ADHD, or compassion fatigue can expect a practical, steady process. Heather encourages collaboration and gradual steps so goals feel manageable and relevant to everyday life.
What Heather works with
Everything Heather lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Heather's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Heather lists
- 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
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches you can access online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters to you and taking small steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, anger, and big life transitions by shifting attention toward meaningful action. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete strategies to change patterns that keep problems going, useful for anxiety, sleeping or eating difficulties, and mood challenges. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience, offering a supportive atmosphere where the therapist reflects and listens so people can find their own solutions and build self-trust.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Heather will collaborate with clients to pick methods that match their goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in session. That means trying tools, checking how they help, and adjusting the plan together so therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is often best for deeper conversations and emotional work, phone can suit shorter check-ins or lower bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can fit quick updates or when people need flexibility. These options make it easier to attend sessions from different locations and schedules while keeping therapy focused on progress and real-life change.
Questions people ask about Heather
What concerns does Heather commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, bipolar issues, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, ADHD, and career or self-esteem struggles.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and client-centered, mixing practical skill-building with attention to values and emotions to help people make change day to day.
How much experience does she have?
Heather has nine years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns including LGBT and identity-related matters.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, and practices from Florida.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Heather provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.