Heather Friend, LCSW, CSW
Colorado · 8 years in practice
Heather Friend is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship 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 the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Heather
Heather Friend is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship concerns. She supports people facing trauma, parenting strain, addictions, sleep and eating struggles, mood concerns like depression and bipolar, and work or career stress. Heather works with issues related to attachment, abandonment, and caregiving stress as well as identity and intimacy concerns.
Heather uses a warm, accepting style in sessions. She listens carefully and helps people name their feelings and notice what matters most to them.
Background and approach
Sessions are collaborative and paced to the clients needs, with attention to practical steps people can try between meetings. Her approach draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Attachment-Based ideas to help people understand patterns in close relationships. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive tools when helpful to address thoughts and behavior.
Client-centered work guides the tone of sessions so people feel respected and heard. Heather has eight years of clinical experience and holds LCSW and CSW credentials. She offers live sessions most days, including evenings and weekends, and responds to messages for extra support within about 24 hours.
Live sessions are 45 minutes in length. Heather practices from Colorado and offers services in English. She accepts international clients and provides several session formats to fit different schedules and needs.
To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and arrange a time that works for them.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- 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 therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people recognize and name strong emotions and the interaction patterns that keep them stuck. It is useful for understanding attachment needs and improving emotional connection. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches practical skills to notice thoughts and feelings without getting ruled by them and to choose actions that match personal values. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relationship patterns affect feelings and behavior and helps people develop more supported ways of relating.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to focus on emotions, behavior change, values work, or a mix of approaches and adjust as the work progresses.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and eye contact. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when being on camera is not needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options help people keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and travel.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Heather help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, addictions, mood concerns, and related areas like attachment and caregiving stress.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm, accepting, and collaborative. Sessions focus on listening, naming feelings, and taking practical steps at a pace that feels right.
What is her background and experience?
She has eight years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns and brings a patient, steady approach to help people feel more grounded.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices from Colorado.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from outside the United States.
What session formats does she use?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, with 45-minute live sessions as the standard length.
How are sessions priced and paid for?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to the therapists availability.
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