About Heidi...
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I was born and raised in the Mid-West,
and have enjoyed living in Washington with my children since 1996, and can't imagine living anywhere else. I love to "rock hound" (geology nerd!), garden (both flowers and veggies), camp, create art, read, hike, and am perpetually continuing to learn and explore. |
Professionally...
I have been the Executive Director of Postpartum Support International of WA (Now Perinatal Support Washington, www.perinatalsupport.org), and currently serve with them leading workshops for health care providers regarding best practices for working with perinatal mood disorders in their practices. I served as the Washington State Coordinator for the international PSI www.postpartum.net from 2002-2015. Prior to becoming a therapist, I was a postpartum doula and lactation educator. I offer trainings about perinatal mood disorders to both parenting groups and health care providers.
Education & Training
Therapeutic Approach
I offer a variety of psychotherapeutic approaches, tailored to meet each client’s unique individual and family needs. I offer individual, couples and family therapy using a wide range of techniques and treatment methods from an eclectic therapeutic perspective such as but not limited to:
Often this means we look at what factors contribute to make you, YOU, as you come by your current situation honestly! We all have a very good reason for being the way we are. This might include exploring your perceptions and thought patterns, past and present relationships and family, cultural and societal experiences and how those influence your current life today. My goal is to help foster empowerment and self-understanding to help you grow into your full potential.
For more information about Perinatal Support Washington, please visit www.perinatalsupport.org or the International PSI website at www.postpartum.net. For more information about PATTCh, the Prevention and Treatment of Traumatic Childbirth, visit www.pattch.org
Education & Training
- Master’s Degree in Applied Behavioral Science; Family Systems Counseling; Bastyr University, Kenmore, WA.
- Certified Lactation Educator (CLE); trained by Molly Pessl & Ginna Wall via EvergreenHealth
- Certified Bringing Baby Home Educator; Gottman Relationship Research Institute, Seattle, WA
- Seattle Midwifery School: Postpartum Doula and Lactation Educator, Seattle, WA.
- Bachelors of Arts, Psychology and Women’s Studies (Double Major), Indiana University; Bloomington, IN.
Therapeutic Approach
I offer a variety of psychotherapeutic approaches, tailored to meet each client’s unique individual and family needs. I offer individual, couples and family therapy using a wide range of techniques and treatment methods from an eclectic therapeutic perspective such as but not limited to:
- Family systems
- Feminist
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing)
- Lifespan Integration
- Somatic Resourcing
- Narrative
- Solution Focused
- Structural
- Mindfulness
- Existential/Humanistic
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Often this means we look at what factors contribute to make you, YOU, as you come by your current situation honestly! We all have a very good reason for being the way we are. This might include exploring your perceptions and thought patterns, past and present relationships and family, cultural and societal experiences and how those influence your current life today. My goal is to help foster empowerment and self-understanding to help you grow into your full potential.
For more information about Perinatal Support Washington, please visit www.perinatalsupport.org or the International PSI website at www.postpartum.net. For more information about PATTCh, the Prevention and Treatment of Traumatic Childbirth, visit www.pattch.org
