Heather Wilkie, LMHC

Heather Wilkie is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who focuses on relationship concerns and related life challenges. She works with people who are facing stress, anxiety, identity questions, and changes in their close relationships. Heather presents a calm, respectful presence and aims to help clients feel understood and able to make steady progress.

Heather uses several practical approaches in therapy. Sessions often include methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help with difficult feelings, patterns, and communication. She also draws on Imago Relationship Therapy and client-centered work when couples or relationship issues are the main focus.

Her background includes nine years as a practicing clinician based in Florida. Heather has focused work with LGBTQ communities and uses that experience to provide an affirming, culturally responsive practice. She describes her style as compassionate and collaborative, moving at a pace that fits each person.

In a typical session she helps people name what matters to them, notice patterns that get in the way, and try out new ways of relating and coping. Goals are set together and revisited as therapy continues. Heather also addresses concerns such as grief, addiction, parenting stress, trauma, sleep and eating issues, and attention challenges.

She invites people to reach out when they feel ready to make a change. The work is practical and relational, focused on daily life improvements as well as deeper emotional shifts.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small committed steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, stress, and decisions that feel stuck. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotional patterns in close relationships and improving emotional connection and communication. It is often used when relationship patterns and attachment needs are the core concern.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Heather collaborates with each person to identify which methods fit their goals and style. Together they test techniques, adjust as needed, and keep the focus on what helps in everyday life.

Confirm the available session formats before booking because the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also gives more options for scheduling around work, school, or caregiving responsibilities. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and EFT exercises to remote sessions so clients practice new skills between meetings and bring real situations back to therapy for coaching and feedback.