About Heidi
Heidi Skattebo is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. She provides straightforward support for life transitions and motivation struggles. Heidi writes in a calm, direct way that aims to put people at ease when they first reach out.
She takes a practical, conversational approach in sessions. Heidi focuses on helping people name what feels hard, try small changes, and build more reliable routines.
Background and approach
Conversations center on real-life problems like parenting strain, career pressure, grief, or managing mood swings so clients can use what they learn right away. Heidi draws on four years of professional experience and holds LPC and LPCC credentials, with licensure noted in Minnesota and practice in Wisconsin. That background informs how she structures sessions and tracks progress over time.
She emphasizes clear goals and measurable steps rather than vague talk. Her work includes support for people dealing with trauma, addictions, relationship difficulties, ADHD, and compassion fatigue, among other concerns. Heidi also offers help related to adoption and foster care, autism spectrum issues, and co-occurring conditions when those topics are relevant to a person's goals.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Heidi aims to be encouraging without minimizing hard emotions, and she helps people try practical coping skills between sessions.
How evidence-based techniques work online
Heidi uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques in straightforward ways. One common approach is focused problem-solving that breaks big concerns into smaller steps to try between sessions; this helps with anxiety, low motivation, and day-to-day stress. Another approach emphasizes skill-building for mood and behavior regulation, teaching practical routines and coping strategies that address depression, ADHD challenges, and impulsivity.Choosing the right approach happens together. The therapist and client review current struggles, goals, and preferences, then try methods that fit those needs. That collaborative process allows the plan to change if something isn’t working, so the client stays involved in shaping treatment.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation. Phone works well for lower bandwidth or when being on camera is difficult. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick check-ins, brief skill practice, or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue momentum between meetings.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Minnesota, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English