Heidi has been in the social service field and has been providing therapy to her clients since 1993. Heidi worked at Youth Eastside Services in Bellevue from 1996 through 2006 as a Youth and Family Therapist, and she started her private practice in Redmond in July 2006.

Heidi’s therapeutic style is to work in a collaborative process with her clients. She uses a number of different treatment modalities and skills in order to create the right kind of therapy process for each of her clients. Her goal is to connect with each of her clients and use an integrative, empathetic and relational model to help them find meaning and create change.

Heidi specializes in working with pre-adolescent and adolescent girls and their parents. She works with her clients so they are able to recognize their strengths and connect with others, and then utilize these abilities to help them get through difficult and challenging experiences. She also focuses on helping to create balance in her clients’ lives.

Heidi graduated with a BA in psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and then received her MSW (Master of Social Work) from the University of Washington. She is currently a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (#LW00004881), an Approved Supervisor (for MSW licensure candidates requiring supervision), and a Children’s Mental Health Specialist. She also recently published a group curriculum for young adolescent girls, the North Star Girls Group Curriculum (www.northstargirls.org).

Heidi currently lives on the Eastside with her husband and two young kids. She is also the co-owner of North Star Offices (www.northstaroffices.com).