Heidi Schlig, LPCC

Heidi Schlig is a California-licensed professional counselor with 14 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, family tensions, parenting strains, career challenges, and ADHD-related concerns. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk openly about what feels hard. Heidi aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable and supported.

Her approach blends practical tools with a focus on relationships and values. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is used to clarify personal values and support action toward them despite difficult feelings.

Heidi also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early and current relationships shape expectations and reactions. She uses client-centered techniques to follow each person’s pace, and motivational interviewing to support readiness for change. Sessions combine listening, gentle challenge, and concrete strategies.

Typical sessions focus on specific, everyday problems. That can mean building routines to reduce overwhelm, practicing skills to manage anxiety, improving communication around family issues, or creating steps toward a career goal. Heidi likes to make tasks clear and doable between appointments.

She works in English and practices from California. People connect with her through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Heidi often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is practical and goal-oriented, useful for anxiety, stress, and problems that show up day to day.

She also incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify what matters to them and take steps toward those values even when feelings are difficult. ACT supports motivation and long-term change rather than only reducing symptoms.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Heidi will listen to each person’s goals and try different methods to see what fits best. Together they set clear short-term steps and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging can support quick check-ins, skill practice, or ongoing prompts between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, parenting, or school schedules without added travel time.