Kristi Heritage
Compassionate, practical support for life’s challenges
LPC Missouri
- Experience
- 6 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Kristi
Kristi Heritage is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Missouri who concentrates on stress, anxiety, trauma and substance-related concerns while also addressing a wide range of issues such as depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, relationship and intimacy challenges, grief, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She brings six years of clinical experience to her practice and has worked with clients facing complex histories including abuse, domestic and sexual violence, eating disorders, and crisis situations. Her approach blends warmth and active collaboration; she combines client-centered techniques with cognitive behavioral strategies, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work to create individualized plans.
Kristi is trained in EMDR and incorporates mindfulness and DBT-informed skills when they fit the client’s needs. She avoids stigmatizing labels and emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion throughout the therapeutic process.
Kristi structures care around each person’s goals and preferences, adapting session style and treatment to match unique circumstances. She encourages live sessions - video, phone, or chat - to allow focused interaction, and she strives to be flexible with scheduling and message response within daytime availability.
Those ready to pursue change can expect a supportive, tailored partnership aimed at practical coping and long-term growth.
Using proven approaches in online therapy
Kristi integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Client-Centered Therapy into her online practice. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns. Client-centered work emphasizes a nonjudgmental, empathetic stance that helps clients explore goals at their own pace and feel heard during difficult conversations.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills when needed, teaching emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness to help clients manage intense feelings and relationship challenges. Together these approaches can provide practical tools and a supportive therapeutic relationship to address symptoms and day-to-day coping challenges.
Finding the right approach is collaborative: the therapist and client will discuss goals, preferences, and responses to different techniques and then tailor a plan over time. Kristi uses this process to match CBT, client-centered methods, DBT-informed skills, or EMDR elements as appropriate for each person’s needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, making it easier to fit care into busy schedules and maintain continuity across life changes. These formats allow licensed professionals to deliver structured interventions, teach coping skills, and maintain ongoing support while adapting to each client’s logistical needs.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Licensed
Missouri
Languages
English