Christine Heikkenen-Black, LPC

Christine Heikkenen-Black is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado. She brings nine years of counseling experience and focuses on helping people manage relationship struggles, anxiety, stress, addictions, and big life changes.

She uses clear, practical conversation to help clients name what feels stuck. Christine draws on approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to teach tools for coping and moving forward. She also works from attachment-based and client-centered perspectives to strengthen how people relate to others and themselves.

Her background includes work in schools and private settings, with experience supporting people facing trauma, substance concerns, brain injury, and developmental challenges. That variety informs a flexible style that adapts to each person's situation and goals. Christine listens closely and shapes sessions around what a client needs in the moment.

People looking for help with relationships, family conflict, career shifts, chronic pain or illness concerns, or recovery from traumatic events will find practical strategies and steady support. She pays attention to communication patterns, control issues, and feelings of emptiness or meaninglessness that often come up with those problems.

Christine aims to make the first steps into therapy less daunting. She works collaboratively to set goals and offers coaching-style guidance alongside psychotherapy techniques. The focus is on small, usable changes that add up over time.

How different approaches guide online therapy choices

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, and chronic health challenges by shifting attention to what matters and building helpful habits. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks down unhelpful thought and behavior patterns into steps you can change. It offers practical exercises for panic, social anxiety, and everyday worry that people can practice between sessions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current connection patterns and can help with relationship problems, communication struggles, and feelings of emptiness.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan over time based on what is helping.

Confirm available session formats before booking so you know how Christine currently meets with clients. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, for example by removing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins around work breaks. It can also let people try techniques in the settings where problems occur and then discuss how those attempts went. Licensed professionals tailor exercises and goals so sessions feel relevant to day-to-day needs rather than abstract theory.