Heidi has been in the social service field for 15 years and she has been providing therapy to her clients for the last 10 years. Heidi worked at Youth Eastside Services in Bellevue from 1996 through 2006 as a Youth and Family Therapist. She has recently left that position in order to start her private practice in Redmond.

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 youth, and also adults and families new to parenting. 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). In her spare time she enjoys photography, running, reading and beadwork.