Heather Friend, LCSW, CSW
Licensed in Colorado · 8 years in practice
Heather Friend is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship or intimacy concerns.
License and registration
- LCSW, Colorado
- CSW.09927984 · expires August 2027
- LMSW, Michigan
- 6801117005 · expires August 2026
- LCSW, Illinois
- 149026353 · expires November 2027
- LCSW, Louisiana
- 19767 · expires August 2026
- NPI
- 1366083321 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check any license with the state board and any NPI with the national registry.
About Heather
Heather Friend is a licensed clinical social worker with eight years of experience who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She supports those coping with grief, parenting strain, addiction issues, ADHD, and major life changes. Heather aims to make starting therapy feel less scary and more practical for people who are overwhelmed.
Her style is warm, accepting, and down-to-earth. Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Background and approach
She focuses on helping people notice their strengths, build confidence, and find emotional clarity through steady, practical steps. Heather uses a mix of approaches depending on the concern. She draws on acceptance-based and cognitive tools to change unhelpful patterns.
She also works from attachment and client-centered principles to deepen understanding and connection in relationships. Appointments are offered in Colorado and she is available to people internationally. Heather provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging.
Live sessions run about 45 minutes and she also responds to messages most days within 24 hours. Sessions are scheduled through the platform’s matching and calendar process, and subscriptions can be canceled at any time. Heather encourages questions and prefers to move at a pace that feels comfortable, so people can build trust and practical skills as they go.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Heather lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Heather names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Heather’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and major life transitions because it focuses on what matters rather than trying to eliminate every unwanted thought. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches concrete strategies to change patterns that cause distress. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger management.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Heather will collaborate with each person to identify priorities and try techniques that fit their goals and daily life. That might mean blending ACT strategies with CBT exercises and client-centered check-ins so the plan feels manageable and meaningful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people talk face-to-face, phone sessions work well when video is difficult, live chat can be used for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel and let both therapist and client pick the format that best supports progress.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Heather support?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting challenges, addictions, ADHD, and other life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is warm, collaborative, and paced to each person. Sessions focus on building strengths, emotional clarity, and practical skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Heather has eight years of professional experience working with people across a range of concerns and life stages.
What credentials and location are on record?
She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices from Colorado with availability to people internationally.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients may be seen.
What session formats does she offer?
Heather provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing support.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session based on the therapist’s calendar.
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