Kristi Heritage

Kristi Heritage is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, substance use concerns, grief, and depression. She also supports people managing ADHD, bipolar symptoms, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, and career stress. Kristi writes in a warm, straightforward way and encourages taking the first step toward change.

She keeps sessions interactive and respectful. Conversations are tailored to each person's needs rather than a one-size-fits-all script. Expect clear, direct talk about goals and small, manageable steps between meetings.

Kristi uses person-centered methods combined with cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing to help people recognize patterns and try different responses. She also uses dialectical behavior ideas for emotion regulation and mindfulness strategies to reduce reactivity. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often called EMDR, is another method she uses with people who have trauma-related reactions.

Her approach emphasizes collaboration. She listens first, then builds a plan with practical tools for coping, communication, and boundary setting. Sessions focus on skills you can use right away and on real-life problem solving.

Kristi has six years of counseling experience in Missouri and works to create a nonjudgmental space. She encourages live sessions for focused time together and is willing to work with clients to find times that fit their schedules.

How these approaches translate to online work

Kristi blends client-centered conversation with cognitive behavioral work and EMDR to address trauma, mood, and stress. Client-centered work focuses on listening, reflection, and building a trusting working relationship to help people feel heard and understood. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and test unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, then practices new responses that reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is used to process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional intensity when people are ready to work on them.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Kristi will discuss goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust plans based on what helps most. She works collaboratively to balance skills practice, problem solving, and deeper trauma work as needed.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in this profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, save travel time, and enable shorter check-ins when schedules demand. It also allows therapists to use worksheets, guided exercises, and mindfulness practices during or between sessions to support progress.