Dr. Heather Girardin
Skilled CBT-informed counselor focused on relationships and resilience
LPC Colorado
- Experience
- 17 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Heather
Dr. Heather Girardin is a licensed professional counselor who centers her work on practical, evidence-informed strategies to address stress, anxiety, and mood concerns.
Background and approach
Drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered methods, she helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and build skills for greater emotional balance and clearer decision-making. Her approach emphasizes collaboration and respect for each person’s pace and priorities.
With 17 years of experience in clinical settings, Dr. Girardin brings focused attention to relationship and family concerns as well as issues of self-esteem, motivation, and life-stage transitions.
She also attends to more specific areas such as attachment and communication difficulties, codependency, divorce and separation, aging and geriatric matters, and feelings of isolation or purposelessness. In sessions she aims to foster an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be shared and worked through constructively.
Practicing in Colorado, Dr. Girardin combines skill-building exercises with reflective listening to help clients set realistic goals and track progress over time.
She encourages those taking the first step toward therapy and supports them in developing tools for more satisfying relationships and a stronger sense of self.
Approaches that guide online therapeutic work
Dr. Girardin commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and problem-solving. This approach can be useful for addressing anxiety, stress, depression, and difficulties with motivation or coping.She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes empathic listening and creating a nonjudgmental space so clients can explore their feelings and values. This method supports self-understanding and can be helpful when working through relationship, self-esteem, or life-purpose concerns.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to assess needs, goals, and preferences and then tailor techniques and pacing accordingly, adjusting methods over time as progress and priorities evolve.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and allow continuity of care for people living in Colorado who prefer remote options.
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Experience
17+ years
Licensed
Colorado
Languages
English