Heather Wilkie
Compassionate CBT-informed therapy for life changes
LMHC Florida
- Experience
- 9 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Relationship
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Heather
Heather Wilkie is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Florida who draws on cognitive behavioral therapy alongside other evidence-informed methods to support clients facing a wide range of concerns.
Background and approach
With nine years of professional experience, she blends practical skill-building with attention to emotions and values to address issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, and coping with life changes. Her work also encompasses relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting and family challenges, and concerns around identity and gender dysphoria.
Her approach is collaborative and client-centered, aiming to help people build coping strategies, clarify priorities, and strengthen communication and self-understanding. Additional focus areas include trauma and abuse, grief, sleep and eating difficulties, ADHD, attachment and neurodiversity topics, and more specialized subjects like BDSM and alternative sex culture.
Heather practices from a perspective that combines acceptance, emotional exploration, and practical behavior change while tailoring work to each person’s goals and pace. Sessions are offered through multiple online formats and are scheduled according to availability.
Her Florida LMHC credential is recorded as FL LMHC MH20343, and she conducts therapy in English.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is focused on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning; it is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and coping skills development. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) emphasizes clarifying personal values and learning to accept difficult internal experiences while committing to meaningful action, which can help with stress, grief, and life transitions. Client-centered therapy centers the person's own perspective and strengths, using empathic listening and collaboration to build self-understanding and agency in addressing relationship, identity, and self-esteem concerns.
Finding the right fit among these approaches is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the balance of skills training, values work, and emotional processing as therapy progresses.
Online sessions are available via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it possible to maintain continuity of care while using the chosen therapeutic techniques, and they allow clients to access support from wherever they are within the therapist's licensed region.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
9+ years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English