Heidi Whyte is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and struggles with self esteem. She writes plainly and listens closely to understand what is most important to each person. Heidi aims to make therapy feel practical and manageable from the first session.
She uses a mix of approaches and tailors them to each person's goals. Sessions focus on solving current problems, building coping skills, and drawing on strengths people already have. Heidi often blends cognitive behavioral ideas with acceptance-based and attachment-informed work to address difficult feelings, trauma, and recurring relationship patterns.
Clients can expect clear, respectful guidance and an emphasis on real-life changes. Heidi helps people break stressful cycles, improve sleep and eating patterns, manage anger, and cope with grief or career transitions. She also supports people navigating identity and intimacy concerns, addiction, ADHD, and chronic health challenges.
With seven years of practice, Heidi brings steady experience without jargon. She describes herself as compassionate and respectful and shapes treatment plans around what each person wants to accomplish. Sessions are meant to be collaborative, practical, and focused on measurable progress.
If someone is seeking help sorting parenting pressures, career choices, or healing from past hurts, Heidi offers straightforward support and tools to move forward. She works from Montana and conducts sessions in English.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing hard thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then taking actions that match a person's values. ACT can help with anxiety, depression, and getting unstuck from old patterns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful habits and ease symptoms like worry or low mood. Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to how early relationships shape current trust and connection, helping people improve intimacy and communication.
Deciding which approach to use is part of the work together. Heidi will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences, and then try methods that fit. This is a collaborative process and adjustments can be made as progress is tracked.
Confirm the available session formats before booking because format details are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people try approaches like CBT exercises, ACT values work, and attachment-focused conversations from their regular routines, which can help apply new skills in everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)DissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHearing impairedHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
