Heather Friend, LCSW, CSW
Colorado · 8 years in practice
Heather Friend is a licensed clinical social worker based in Colorado who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy concerns, and challenges like ADHD or addiction.
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 based in Colorado who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy concerns, and challenges like ADHD or addiction. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental presence that aims to help people feel understood and more capable. Therapy with her is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Heather keeps sessions practical and straightforward. She focuses on helping people notice their strengths and build emotional clarity.
Background and approach
Conversations center on real-life goals like managing emotions, improving sleep, coping with life changes, or handling work and family stress. Her style blends depth and practical tools. Heather draws on Jungian ideas about symbols and inner meaning alongside techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy.
She also uses attachment-based and client-centered ideas to support trusting, respectful work together. Heather offers flexible scheduling with daily and evening appointments, plus weekend times. Live sessions last 45 minutes, and she welcomes text messages between sessions for brief support, typically responding within 24 hours.
Sessions can be arranged through her calendar to fit busy schedules. With eight years of clinical experience and credentials as an LCSW and CSW, Heather aims to make therapy accessible and steady. She invites people to start slowly when needed and to build comfort and trust over time.
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
- Jungian Therapy
- 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
- 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
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Heather integrates Jungian Therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and attachment-based ideas to shape online work. Jungian Therapy invites attention to personal symbols, dreams, and inner narratives to help people find meaning when life feels confusing or stuck. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches practical skills to notice thoughts and feelings while taking actions that match personal values, which can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with change. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections and helps people build more supported ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Heather will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, and then adapt methods collaboratively rather than prescribing one fixed path. The aim is to match tools to your needs and pace the work to what feels manageable.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from different locations, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging support quick check-ins, brief coaching, or follow-up between sessions. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit therapy into busy lives without extra travel.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Heather commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting pressures, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction concerns, ADHD, and related struggles.
What is Heather's therapeutic style like?
Her work is warm, supportive, and nonjudgmental. Sessions are collaborative, paced to the client, and focused on building emotional clarity and practical coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Heather has eight years of experience as a practicing clinician working with a range of emotional and behavioral issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed as LCSW and CSW, with licensure in Illinois and Colorado, and her practice is based in Colorado.
In which languages can sessions be held and are international clients supported?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts clients located outside the United States.
Which session formats does she offer?
Heather provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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