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Heather Schmit

Calm-focused therapy for emotional resilience

LPC Colorado

Experience
6 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Self esteem
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Heather

Heather Schmit is a Colorado-based licensed professional counselor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, grief, trauma, and other life challenges. She helps clients strengthen coping skills, improve communication, and build self-agency so they can move toward clearer priorities and more satisfying relationships.

Background and approach

With a focus on practical strategies and emotional growth, she works with concerns such as intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, parenting stress, career challenges, and compassion fatigue. Drawing on six years of clinical experience and an array of evidence-informed methods, Heather integrates approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness practices, emotionally focused techniques, and EMDR when appropriate.

Her style emphasizes collaboration and curiosity, inviting clients to explore attachment patterns, codependency, forgiveness, and questions about life purpose while developing tools to manage mood disorders, social anxiety, and post-traumatic stress. Heather frames therapy as a partnership aimed at increasing resilience, enhancing self-love and esteem, and supporting recovery from past hurts.

Sessions emphasize clear goals, skill-building, and a compassionate stance toward growth. Heather offers multiple remote formats to fit different schedules and preferences, guiding each person toward practical steps that reflect their values and circumstances.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Heather integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy into online work to address both thinking patterns and relational-emotional experience. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, offering practical tools for anxiety, mood concerns, and stress management. EFT concentrates on emotional connection and attachment patterns, helping people understand and shift how they relate in close relationships and in their own emotional life.

Finding the right approach is part of the collaborative process. Heather discusses goals and preferences with each client and may combine elements from different methods so treatment fits the individual's needs. She emphasizes working together to decide which strategies feel most useful and adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it possible to continue consistent work from varied locations and to select the communication style that best supports practice of new skills between sessions.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Heather address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy concerns, sleep problems, parenting and career challenges, and compassion fatigue.
What is her therapeutic style and approach?
Her style is collaborative and nonjudgmental, blending client-centered care with evidence-informed tools such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, EFT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to fit each client's needs.
How much clinical experience does Heather have?
She has six years of experience working as a licensed professional counselor in Colorado, applying a variety of therapeutic approaches to support healing and skill development.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
Heather holds the LPC credential and is licensed in Colorado with license number CO LPC LPC.0017902.
Does she work with clients in languages other than English or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English only and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available with her?
She provides multiple remote formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How does pricing and payment work for sessions?
Cost varies depending on location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps are involved in getting started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesCareer difficultiesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

Attachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsDivorce and separationForgivenessLife purposeMood disordersPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapySystemic Therapy

Experience

6+ years

Licensed

Colorado

Languages

English