Therapist profile
Christine Heikkenen-Black, LPC
Licensed counselor - Relationships and family
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- ACT
- CBT
- Attachment focus
About Christine
Christine Heikkenen-Black is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado with nine years of counseling experience. She works with adults on relationship and family concerns, stress and anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and life transitions. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer communication to help with everyday struggles at home.
Before moving into private practice, she worked for years in school settings and special education. That background informs her approach to family and parenting matters and how patterns form over time. Her experience includes helping people manage behavioral and emotional effects of injury and long-term health issues.
Her work draws on several evidence-informed methods, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. She uses these approaches to address things like panic attacks, social anxiety, and relationship conflict without assuming the same method fits every person.
Christine frames therapy as a practical collaboration. She listens, helps clarify goals, and suggests skills to try between sessions. That can include communication strategies, behavioral experiments, or emotion regulation tools depending on what the person needs.
She also supports adults facing career strain, money and financial worries, midlife questions, and parenting stresses such as fatherhood issues or divorce-related transitions. Sessions aim to make problems at home more manageable and to help people regain a sense of direction.
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Approaches used in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then commit to values-based actions. It often helps with anxiety, avoidance, and motivation issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that keep problems going and testing new ways of responding. CBT is commonly used for panic attacks, social anxiety, and stress management. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current interactions and aims to shift those patterns to improve emotional connection and communication.Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust based on what helps. People often try a mix of techniques from different approaches to address communication, emotion regulation, and relationship patterns.
The biography does not specify exact online formats, so confirm session options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions around work, child care, or medical appointments. It can also allow shorter check-ins when needed, reduce travel time, and help people keep continuity of care while managing life demands.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Colorado
Languages
English
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What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with relationship and family concerns, stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and life changes. Additional focuses include attachment issues, chronic illness, communication problems, and divorce or separation.
What is her therapeutic style?
She blends approaches such as ACT, CBT, DBT, Attachment-Based and Client-Centered Therapy. The work is practical and focused on communication and coping skills.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional counseling experience, including time working in school settings and special education.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients.
Which session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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