Heather Kleckinger-Craven
Practical, goal-focused counseling for everyday life
LPC Louisiana
- Experience
- 19 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Heather
Heather Kleckinger-Craven is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana who brings 19 years of clinical experience to her practice. She centers therapy on practical strategies and collaborative goal-setting, helping clients identify concrete skills and insights that can improve everyday functioning and relationships.
Background and approach
Heather uses an outcome-minded approach that emphasizes reviewing progress and adjusting plans when needed. Her work focuses on a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping difficulties, parenting and anger, as well as challenges such as co-morbidity, divorce and separation, and process addictions.
She also addresses issues related to LGBT concerns, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, social anxiety, and compassion fatigue. In sessions she prioritizes solution-focused techniques and cognitive concepts to support coping with life changes, build self-esteem, and reduce unhelpful patterns.
Heather frames therapy as a partnership and encourages clients to track changes so they can see progress, try alternatives, and refine goals over time.
Integrating CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to help clients identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and learn practical techniques to change patterns that interfere with daily functioning. It is often applied to concerns like anxiety, depression, insomnia, and maladaptive coping habits. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on setting clear, achievable goals and drawing out the client’s existing strengths to create forward momentum; this approach can be especially useful for addressing relationship challenges, life transitions, and problem-solving around specific difficulties.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to assess needs, preferences, and goals and may blend CBT and solution-focused strategies to tailor the plan. Together they review progress and adjust goals so the work remains relevant and practical.
Online therapy offers flexible access to sessions through video calls, phone appointments, live chat, or text-based messaging, which can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy schedule or to continue care from a distance. These formats support consistent work on skills, goal tracking, and ongoing check-ins while allowing clients to choose the communication style that feels most manageable for them.
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Experience
19+ years
Licensed
Louisiana
Languages
English