About Heather
Heather Kleckinger-Craven is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Louisiana. She has 19 years of experience helping people find practical ways to feel better and cope with life’s stresses. She uses goal-focused methods to help clients learn new skills and notice small changes over time.
Sessions emphasize finding solutions and developing tools that can be used day to day. Heather checks goals regularly so progress is visible and plans can be adjusted if needed.
How Heather works
Her work addresses a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, and issues with intimacy and self-esteem. She also pays attention to related challenges such as sleep problems, compassion fatigue, bipolar mood concerns, and social anxiety.
Additionally, Heather supports people facing family of origin issues, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, personality disorder concerns, and process addictions like problematic pornography, exercise, or gambling. She integrates practical strategies with a focus on immediate problems and workable changes. Sessions are conversational and action-oriented.
Heather aims to help people spot what’s working, try alternatives, and build coping skills they can use between meetings. Her approach is straightforward and focused on helping clients move toward clearer choices and better daily functioning.
Heather lists 2 ways of working on the entry:
What Heather works with
The areas below are the ones Heather selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
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Online support options
How CBT and Solution-Focused Work Online
This clinician uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy in online sessions to help people tackle specific problems and build practical skills. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them, then practicing new behaviors to change how people feel. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and many everyday stressors.Solution-Focused Therapy centers on small, achievable steps and on what is already working. Sessions focus on clear goals and quick strategies to move forward, which can be helpful for coping with life changes, relationship stress, or habit-related concerns such as process addictions.
Heather will work collaboratively to find the best approach for each person’s needs and goals. She will discuss preferences and try methods that fit the client’s situation, adjusting the plan if something isn’t helping. Finding the right fit is a shared process between therapist and client.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction when bandwidth allows. Phone sessions can be a good option when a camera is not needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, brief skill practice, or ongoing support between longer sessions.
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