LPC / MS-CMHC (Marginalized Stress, Trauma/PTSD) / MFA / E-RYT / CATFV
OH CSWMFT License Number C.2204098
Supervised by Victoria Jones, LCPC
EMDR Therapist
Somatic Internal Family Systems Therapist
Cultural Relational, Feminist Systems,
Expressive Arts, Yoga, Voice, Breath
$165 / 50min (self-pay only)
(216) 245-7180
It is the study of the interface between mind and body; the relationship between our physical matter and our energy, our body structures with our thoughts, feelings, and actions. It is the study of the intricate wisdom contained and expressed by these interactive parts that generously speak up for one another as loving members of a collective systemic whole, when one is suffering. In internal family systems work, it is a repairing of ruptured internal relationships to Self which trickles outward to our relationship with the Natural World and all beings.
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 currently sees clients in private practice under the supervision of
Victoria Jones, LCPC-S, EMDRIA Certified EMDR Consulting Trainer
who also served as Heather's primary EMDR case consultant and guide throughout 2021-2022. Heather is an EMDR therapist, completing training Parts I & II through EMDR Consulting, which provides an extended application of EMDR for complex trauma, offering "restricted reprocessing" techniques for highly intertwined neural networks.
Heather completed her Masters Degree in CMHC with focus on Social Justice Counseling and Trauma
under the Faculty Supervision of Dr. Jason Patton, PhD
and her Clinical Internship at Ebb & Flow Counseling and Wellness Studio
under the Site Supervision of Rachel N. Wagonner, NCC / LPCC-S in 2022.
Heather extends her gratitude to her supervisors & to the inspiring and brave clients
with whom she had the privilege of collaborating in their unique healing journeys those eight months.
Heather holds an MFA in Acting from Yale School of Drama (2003) and trained at the Actors Studio Drama School in NY (2000).
She is Certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework (2012), Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher, and Yoga Alliance Continuing Education Provider. She performed professionally for 30 years in New York and Regionally and served on the core faculty of Oberlin College and visiting faculty at Case Western Reserve University, teaching Acting, Voice, and Somatic techniques for ten years. In 2019-2020, Heather founded the YOUARELOVE Yoga School and opened the Kalinanda 200hr Yoga Teacher Training, accredited by Yoga Alliance.
When we experience trauma, the body often holds its breath to prevent us from feeling fully. This is a survival mechanism built to protect us, and we can learn to thank our bodies for that care they offer. Equally, the nervous system can get stuck in triggered responses to traumatic circumstances, leaving us in a state of crisis, unable to function as we normally would. Gentle work to welcome that birth right of your free and resilient breath back can offer a direct embodied link to unsticking the trauma-response, restoring a balance with the parasympathetic rest/relax/restore/digest system, for ease and peace of mind. Advanced breath anatomy and experiential learning environment creates space for completely re-patterning your breath-body's habits of use in daily living.
Voice is Action ~
Catherine Fitzmaurice
Using Your Voice is a Political Choice ~
Amanda Gorman
Accessing the Breath opens the channel to our emotional life, revealing the deepest internal wisdom and providing access to
an empowered and authentic Voice vibration.
Sharing your truth on Voice - while equally receiving others' and allowing yourself to be changed - is a singular event of mutuality, community, and presence.
I have had the incredible fortune of studying with world leaders in their fields and must express my profound gratitude to those whose guidance and wisdom live through me.
At Yale Drama: Evan Yiounoulis (Acting: the Cycle of Breath); Jessica Wolf (Alexander Technique); Wesley Fata (Movement and Dance); Catherine Fitzmaurice (Fitzmaurice Voicework), Walton Wilson, (Fitzmaurice Voicework - Destructuring); Grace Zandarsky (Fitzmaurice Voicework - Restructuring); Andrea Harring (Linklater); Chris Bayes (Physical Comedy); Peter Francis James (Shakespeare), Pamela Prather (Speech & Dialects), Vicky Schaghoinan (Singing is Acting), and David Chambers (Solo Performance Character Workshop). At the Actors Studio Drama School in New York 1998-99, I had incredible fortune of studying with first and second generation students of Sanford Meisner and Lee Strasburg, including Susan Aston (Meisner Repetition, Advanced Sensory Work, and Stanislavski System of Truthful Acting) - employing kinesthetic imagination and guided visualization in addition to a year with Tom Vasilliades (Alexander Technique).
Those four years of intricate, subtle work with Alexander Technique, Psychological Authenticity in Acting Process, and Breath / Voice processes have been the basis upon which I have built an experiential pedagogy for actors and practitioners along with a neurologically based active learning pedagogy, to release one's inner wisdom and honor them in communication with others, toward a healthier more authentic whole.
In 2011-12, I earned Certification as Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework from lifelong mentors Catherine Fitzmaurice and Saul Kotzubei, along with great personal inspirations Illsa Pfeifer and Michael Morgan. I had the privilege of co-teaching alongside Founder Catherine Fitzmaurice a week of training new teachers in the work at the 2014 International Fitzmaurice Voicework Teacher Certification Program (Subud Studios, NY). Having incorporated yogic philosophy and asana into my approach to teaching Voicework for over ten years at Oberlin College and Case Western Reserve University, I formalized a yoga teacher certification in Marni Task's Jivasara YTT, discovering a deep connection to the Jivamukti Yoga lineage and particular foundations of sequencing for chakra clearing, which led me to attend the Omega Institute Immersion with founders of Jivamukti Yoga, Sharron Gannon & David Life, with Master Sutras Teacher Ruth Lauer Manenti
(Omega Institute, NY, 2018).
I am grateful for the courageous and brilliant individuals I have had the privilege of learning from and collaborating with in higher education, yoga studios, community centers, and in passing moments of everyday life,
as we work collectively toward an elevated consciousness and just society.
It is a privilege to be forever learning and newly bringing such lifelong work into
healing contexts, for mental and spiritual wellbeing - inside, out.
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