Integrated somatic healing Arts & PsychotherapY(c)

As a Somatically-Oriented, Trauma Informed Therapist, Heather integrates the often compartmentalized and fragmented aspects of the internal self/ves into a realignment for holistic wellbeing, employing the wisdom of the somatic system to guide.  She is a trained and experienced EMDR practitioner; a current trainee of internal family systems therapy (IFSCA); and Certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework - a neurogenic tremoring process to release trauma energy stored on the cellular level through the Breath and Voice.  Four years of Alexander Technique training as an actor has deeply informed Heather's work with clients in allowing presence through embodiment and breath.   She combines all these processes with talk therapy for a unique exploration specifically responsive to the individual's unique mode of learning and experiencing the world.  

With focus on marginalized stress and systemic trauma, Heather draws from Feminist Systems Theory, offering an empowering client-led collaboration which examines the macro, micro, and internal systems of oppression which may be impacting the client; she assists clients in bringing internalized messages of un-worth to the forefront in order to reframe them, ultimately deepening a greater sense of belonging to a whole.   Heather's work is inspired by relational cultural theory, rooted deeply in Expressive Arts, Spiritual Alignment, and Carl Rogers' principle of Unconditional Positive Regard: Centered in Love.   

ADVOCACY STATEMENT

I seek to be a culturally affirming practitioner in every aspect of my work.  I champion your unique experience and seek to continually deepen my own awareness and sensitivity to all individuals and groups seemingly similar or different from my own ~ including members of every race; of every gender identity and expression; every affectional orientation;  every culture, age, nation of origin, and language of origin; every degree of physical and mental special ability; every belief system, religion, and spiritual alignment - 

with a particular devotion to serving those who have been marginalized and experience systemic trauma.  

I am aware of my unjust privileges as a white, cis-gendered, heterosexual person in the United States, along with my systemic marginalization and oppression as a woman.  I am aware of the intricate, complex ways in which this intersecting contradiction 

informs my experience in this life.  

 I do not presume to know what your unique experience has been; 

and I am dedicated to learning and serving you wherever you are.   

I will make mistakes.  

I invite you to communicate with me about the ways that I fall short, so I may continue to grow.

I uphold your right to know ease and bliss ~ 

and I will support you in your evolution toward wholeness, collective connection, and reunion with your true nature.

It is my honor to be in service of your unique healing path, which we will invent together.

With Respect, Heather (she/her/hers)

TRAINING

Heather completed two years of supervised practice in solo private practice under the advanced clinical supervision, 

ongoing EMDRIA consultation, and in-depth case consultation of Tory Jones, LCPC-S.  

Heather extends her deepest gratitude for Tory's expert guidance, breadth of knowledge, finely crafted pedagogical approach, and belief in Heather's unique integration of so many specialized performance-related techniques into the therapeutic setting.

Heather is an EMDR therapist, completing live / practicum EMDRIA trainings, Parts I & II, through EMDRConsulting, which provides an extended application of EMDR for complex trauma, offering "restricted reprocessing" techniques for highly intertwined neural networks.

As an IFS (Internal Family Systems) Therapist, Heather completed live / practicum trainings Stepping Stones and Advanced IFS,  

both times working directly with Derek Scott, LISW: the late and wonderful founder of IFSCA, 2021-2023.  

Heather completed her Masters Degree in CMHC from Walden University, with focus on Social Justice Counseling and Trauma

under the Faculty Supervision of Dr. Jason Patton, PhD in 2022.  

She completed her Clinical Internship at Ebb & Flow Counseling and Wellness Studio

under the Site Supervision of Rachel N. Wagonner, NCC / LPCC-S in 2022

and completed LPC under supervisor Tory Jones, LCPC-S with supplemental in-state supervision under Veronica Bojerski, LPCC-S in 2024.

Heather extends her deepest gratitude and respect to her supervisors

& to the inspiring, brave clients with whom she has had (and continues to have) the privilege of collaborating 

in the creative artistry of their unique healing journeys.  

Heather holds an MFA in Acting from Yale School of Drama (2003), also training in Stanislavski's Method (based in Freudian psychoanalysis) at the Actors Studio Drama School, NY (2000), performing professionally in New York Off Broadway and Regional stages in the US for 25years. 

VOICE .... BREATH plus RESONANCE

Having studied Voice in great intensity at Yale Drama School and Actors Studio, Heather integrated Fitzmaurice Voicework into her Voice for Actors course while on the faculty at Oberlin College, returning to NY to train more intensively in Fitzmaurice Voicework(c) with the founder Catherine Fitzmaurice and Master Teachers Saul Kotzubei; Michael Morgan; Iilsa Pfifer; and Jeff Morison; earning Certification as Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework (2012).  In 2014 Heather was invited to co-teach alongside Catherine Fitzmaurice, leading "Embodying Text" in the teacher training that year.  This work was incorporated intricately into the Voice for Actors class Heather developed and taught at Oberlin, with a year as visiting professor at Case Western Reserve University, in addition to being invited to lead master classes in Voice for the MFA Acting students at the Cleveland Play House.   

From ACTING / VOICE / MOVEMENT... to THERAPY??

Over the years of practicing and teaching Voicework, Acting, Movement, and Embodied Practices, Heather began to see the deep healing potential of these practices - but was missing the license to actually put them all into a therapeutic process for her students.  While devoting many layers of these practices to leading classes and trainings at area yoga studios, Heather embarked on a Masters Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, a program devoted to social justice at Walden University, to honor the full potential of these practices.

Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher and Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider.   In 2019-2020, Heather founded the YOUARELOVE Yoga School and opened the Kalinanda 200hr Yoga Teacher Training, accredited by Yoga Alliance.