Kristi Heritage, LPC

Currently only available during daytime hours.

Kristi Heritage is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Missouri with over six years of clinical experience. As an LPC, she holds a credential that denotes specialized graduate training and supervised clinical practice in counseling. Her work centers on trauma, crisis response, and substance use, while also addressing a wide range of concerns such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, relationship and family challenges, ADHD, eating disorders, and experiences of abuse including domestic and sexual violence.

Kristi brings a warm, interactive style to sessions and emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion without resorting to stigmatizing labels. Her approach draws from person-centered and cognitive behavioral methods, incorporates motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques, and includes training in EMDR for trauma processing. She tailors conversations and treatment plans to the unique needs of each person she sees.

Her schedule and message response times vary by day, and she offers flexible appointment options to fit clients' routines. Kristi encourages booking a live session for focused, real-time work by video, phone, or chat, while also remaining responsive to messages between appointments. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and is available to support clients ready to pursue meaningful change.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your needs

Kristi uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental environment where the client's perspective guides the pace and focus of treatment. This approach supports self-exploration and helps people clarify values and goals, which can be useful for relationship concerns, life transitions, and self-esteem work.

She also applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which links thoughts, emotions, and actions and teaches practical skills to manage anxiety, depression, stress, and behavior patterns. CBT is goal-oriented and often includes exercises to practice between sessions.

Kristi is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a trauma-focused method that assists people in processing distressing memories and reducing their emotional impact. EMDR can be appropriate for those addressing past trauma or intense traumatic reactions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is done collaboratively. Kristi works with clients to identify their needs, goals, and preferences and adjusts methods over time so treatment feels like a good fit for each person.

Online therapy with Kristi is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes scheduling more flexible and allows people to access support from their own environments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to continue care when in-person sessions are not feasible.