I am a licensed master social worker and healing facilitator.
For the last 12 years, I have been studying the human psyche. Graduating with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a master's in social work, I found a deep love for the human mind and quite frankly, an even deeper love for people I was working with. My career has allowed me to work alongside those struggling with severe and chronic mental illness for the last 7 years. In that time, I discovered that for most of us, our illness is directly caused by a lack of connection with self. And it wasn't until my own spiritual journey that I realized the power we hold within ourselves.
For the last few years, I have been working diligently alongside spiritual healers, mentors, metaphysicians, medical intuitive, and have been blessed to train with a diverse range of wise teachers. Through my studies, I realized that until we are willing to put in the work to heal ourselves, no one else can do it for us. I was shown that as human beings we have learned to hold on to emotions and in doing so, we create disease in our bodies such as anxiety, depression, cancer, etc. I learned that our thoughts and emotions are directly correlated to our health and well being. And I learned through my own battle with severe anxiety that we hold the power to heal ourselves. Because as B.J. Palmer Quotes, “The power that made the body, heals the body. It happens no other way.” Our bodies are born with a natural intelligence to heal themselves, and when we take the time to connect with ourselves that's when the healing begins.
Through a holistic approach, I take a look at the mind, body, and spirit with my clients. Because as my dear mentor Dr. Midge Miller states “We are multitudinous individuals” and we must take into consideration the many elements that make us who we are. Together we work on looking within and finding the root cause of your symptoms in a nonjudgmental space. I offer mindset coaching to take a look at your thought patterns and/or reiki therapy to help relax the nervous system and allow the body's natural energy to show me what it is holding on to. Together, we will release what no longer serves you and develop the tools to tap into your innate healing abilities. It's time to dig deep and heal.
Additional areas of focus: Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, ADHD, Life purpose, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Self-love, Women's issues
Clinical approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness Therapy
MI LMSW 6801095817
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I think she is great, listens, understands, and is helpful.
Written on Oct 22, 2020 after therapy with Heather for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue