- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Montana
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Relationship issues
About Heidi
Heidi Whyte is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, and parenting challenges. She keeps sessions straightforward and practical so parents can use what they learn between meetings. Her tone is calm and focused on real change rather than jargon.
She draws from several approaches to meet each person where they are. That may include cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking, acceptance-based strategies to tolerate hard feelings, and attachment-focused work to improve close relationships.
Background and approach
Heidi adjusts the mix of methods to fit a client's goals and pace. Heidi has seven years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns. These include trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleep and eating problems, career stress, ADHD, and compassion fatigue among others.
She also offers support around adoption and foster care, blended family questions, chronic illness, and caregiver stress. Sessions emphasize empathy and respect. Heidi centers strengths and practical problem solving so people leave with concrete steps.
She aims to make therapy useful for day-to-day life and parenting demands. Heidi practices in Montana and conducts sessions in English. People who choose to work with her can expect a collaborative process that balances emotional support with skills and strategies for coping and change.
What Heidi works with
Everything Heidi lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Heidi helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- 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 Heidi lists
- 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
- Gottman Method
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach and online care that fit your parenting life
Heidi commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as part of her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck, and it supports taking small actions toward important life goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking that keep stress and anxiety active and replacing them with more helpful strategies to manage mood and behavior.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Heidi talks with each person about their goals, values, and day-to-day challenges, then selects methods that fit those priorities. She adjusts techniques over time so the work stays practical and aligned with what matters most to the client.
Online appointments are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for in-depth sessions and nonverbal cues, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, chat and messaging work well for brief check-ins or reflections between meetings. These options help people fit support into busy parenting schedules and different routines.
Questions people ask about Heidi
What kinds of concerns does Heidi address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma, parenting concerns, grief, intimacy-related and relationship issues, sleep and eating problems, ADHD, and related challenges.
What is the general therapy style here?
Sessions are collaborative and practical, combining client-centered listening with skills-based approaches like cognitive behavioral work and acceptance strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience as a clinician helping people with a wide range of mental health and life concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the credential MT LCSW and practices in Montana.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Work can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a therapy process with Heidi?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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