About Heather
Heather Kleckinger-Craven is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana with 19 years of experience. She uses straightforward, practical methods in sessions and focuses on helping people make changes that matter in daily life. She centers sessions on solutions and skill-building.
Heather works with clients to set clear goals and checks progress together each time. That makes it easier to notice small shifts and to change course if something isn't helping.
Background and approach
Her work covers a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and family issues, trauma and grief. She also helps with intimacy-related issues, sleep difficulties, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar concerns, and coping with life changes.
Heather pays attention to overlapping issues such as co-morbidity, family of origin problems, guilt and shame, personality disorder challenges, and process addictions like porn, exercise, or gambling. Social anxiety and phobia are also within her stated focus areas. Sessions are practical and goal-driven, using techniques that help people try new behaviors and notice what works.
Heather emphasizes teamwork in therapy and aims to make progress visible so clients can adjust plans when needed. She looks forward to supporting people as they work toward clearer routines, healthier relationships, and better daily functioning.
How CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online
Heather uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going. CBT techniques include tracking thoughts, testing unhelpful beliefs, and practicing new actions to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or manage mood.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to zoom in on what a person wants to change and build small, achievable steps toward that outcome. This approach focuses on strengths and practical next steps, which can be helpful for relationship concerns, coping with life changes, and problem behaviors like process addictions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Heather will talk with clients about goals and preferences, try practical strategies, and adjust methods together based on what helps. That way therapy stays useful and focused on real progress.
Online sessions offer flexibility and easier scheduling. Video calls let therapists observe body language and conduct fuller conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is preferred. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing reflection between sessions and quicker reminders or homework support. These options make it possible to fit therapy into work breaks, caregiving routines, or other busy days.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Louisiana
- Languages
- English