Christine Heikkenen-Black , LPC

Christine Heikkenen-Black is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado with nine years of clinical experience. She combines clinical training with a compassionate, collaborative style to help people navigate relationship challenges, family conflict, career transitions, stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, and the everyday difficulties that accompany life changes.

Christine works with individuals, couples, and families to identify values, strengthen communication, and develop practical coping strategies. She draws on evidence-informed methods to address attachment concerns, chronic illness and pain, control issues, parenting and fatherhood challenges, and mood or anxiety symptoms such as panic and social anxiety. Her practice also supports people facing divorce, financial stress, feelings of emptiness, and the search for life purpose.

She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and patience, tailoring dialogue and treatment plans to each person’s circumstances. Recognizing that beginning therapy can feel daunting, she focuses on listening carefully and helping clients take manageable steps toward their goals. Christine aims to create a supportive environment in which clients can explore change, deepen relationships, and build resilience.

Approaches for Online Work and Relationship Healing

Christine integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients clarify personal values and take committed action even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present - it is often used for stress, anxiety, and adjusting to life changes.

She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early and current relationship patterns influence intimacy, communication, and trust - this approach can be helpful for couples and families working through connection and attachment concerns.

Client-Centered Therapy informs her practice by prioritizing an empathic, nonjudgmental stance that helps people feel heard and accepted while they pursue their goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and she works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit varied routines and energy levels. These options make it easier to maintain consistency in care, access support during transitions, and engage in therapy from wherever is most convenient.