Traumatic event: *happens*

Other people: fight / flight / freeze / fawn / flock / feed / fu..

Me: lol

humour *and* trauma-informed psychotherapy

online. international. weird

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Contact me to book a free 20 min discovery session

  • Looking for a grounded, realistic, compassionate perspective?
  • Someone who’ll work with you collaboratively and creatively?
  • Someone who knows how to promote balance and growth for a person as complex as you are in a situation as complex as yours is? 

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Tell me more about you and find out what working with me feels like.

 If we´re not a good fit, I´m happy to connect you with someone in my international network to help you find the support you need.

A note on humour 

Humour is connection.

Finding levity even in the heaviest and darkest of places is to be human, and to be truly alive. Co-creating and sharing humour in the face of the absurd, the ridiculous, the weird and the genuinely hilarious gives us the experience of belonging, ease, and helps create acceptance of what is. Working with me is not like doing or witnessing standup comedy- it is making space to hold multiple perspectives in life, including the funny ones.

 

If you want to learn more about this perspective as a therapist, sign up for one of my presentations, workshops or online groups!

Individual process work

Your relational patterns, embodied experiences, emotions, and sensations will show up in our work together. We will work in dialogue and relationship to raise awareness of them in non-judgmental, trauma and shame-informed connection.  You will feel seen and heard,  whether that be in psychotherapy, coaching, or consulting.

Identity issues

Understanding and developing your own identity can be daunting work.  So, together, let´s get you on your way to letting go of who and how you are NOT to discover a more authentic way of being.

 

If you are grappling with who and how you are as “weird”, “intense”, “too much”… neurodivergent, often gifted, twice-exceptional, ADHD or spectrum identified, I look forward to meeting you in your unique combination of complexities.

 

If you are international or multicultural, an ex-pat, migrant, re-pat, a third-culture “kid”, or anywhere in between worlds and need a space to integrate all of the parts of your SELF, we can figure out together how that can all fit as a WHOLE self.

 

If you are experiencing otherness or othering, running into systemic barriers in a world somehow not designed for people like you, or deconstructing and decolonizing yourself, let´s get into it all.

 

You are welcome to bring your questioning or transitioning self in terms of gender or sexual identity, as well as your processes around your professional, education identities and family roles.

Relationships

With me, you can work towards understanding who and how you would like to be in relationship with others while attending to your own feelings and balancing your needs.  

 

You may be noticing deep relationship and attachment patterns coming up in situations with your parents, children, friends, extended family, coworkers or any other configuration of humans in your life, along with all the feelings they evoke.  We can work with this.

 

In terms of intimate relationships, you could be in or looking for mono/poly/multi amorous or open relationships, be queer, kinky, questioning, or curious about how you would like to relate to significant others in your life.  You could be feeling saturated, overwhelmed, frustrated, missed, hungry for more, stuck, misunderstood or be absolutely thrilled with how you are living your relationships and *still* need a space to process it all.  

 

So, whether you are sol@, dating, swiping, committed, on your way out of a relationship or recovering from a breakup, there is always something to learn about yourself by working on your relationship dynamics.

 

To support my work in this area, I have additional training in dealing with Narcissistic Abuse Recovery, CPTSD (developmental trauma) and the complexities of post-separation abuse.

Personal transformation and grief

Working through who you used to be, thought you were, wanted to be and are becoming is hard and always involves grieving and letting go.  Death and loss of loved ones can bring grief and pain of other kinds to your life as well.  With me, you can find ground and support for dealing with big changes, loss, and the unexpected turns in life when you can´t “just get over it” by yourself .

Consultation for psychotherapists and trainees

Do you wonder if you´re doing this therapy thing right at all? Are you looking to talk through your stuckness, frustration, challenges, imposter syndrome as a therapist or trainee? Looking for a fresh and informed perspective on that thesis project, research paper, conference proposal or idea in your brain? I have been working with therapists of all levels of experience from around the world for more than 10 years and am happy to meet you to talk and feel through your situation to offer some perspective, support and insight.

 

You can make it fun and join one of my “Humour in Therapy” activities too!

Group Process

I love working with groups!

I enjoy facilitating, teaching and speaking myself, and also enjoy creating spaces for others to share knowledge and create meaningful experiences with groups of human beings.  If you are looking to create an event for yourself or your community, let´s connect!

 

I have ample experience custom-creating all aspects of in person and virtual group events for diverse communities from 10-500 people in public and private sectors.  I also periodically offer process groups or thematic courses for the general public.


The kind of events and spaces I have created range from whole conferences, workshops, academic programs and diploma groups, international retreats, encounter groups, executive retreats, community outreach sessions and ongoing online communities. In creating events I hold acute awareness of the principles of equity, sustainability and ecology at all times.

Projects / Publications / CV

I am a Mexican Federally Licensed Gestalt Psychotherapist with 10+ years clinical and academic experience working internationally (Ced. Prof: 8699551.) as a therapist, coach and consultant

Upcoming Online workshop

spaces are limited

"Funny Things Happen"

A brief workshop about humour in therapy as part of the Open Gestalt online conference, presented by Humans of Gestalt

-Friday 18th October 8:00-10 am

"Laugh Your Way Through It: Healing Through Humour"

An international online seminar hosted by the International Training Program for Gestalt Therapy in North Macedonia

-Saturday November 9, Sunday November 10  8:00-10 am

Ongoing Projects

Privilege

I am  committed to ongoing dialogue with organizations and psychotherapy, counseling, coaching and consulting professionals around the issue of privilege, intersectional identity development and barriers to access to continuing education opportunities for psychotherapists.  I´ve created the following survey which can be completed anonymously as a means of generating reflection and awareness and regularly facilitates process work and discussions on the issues.  Check out the survey and join the conversation.

Humans of Gestalt:
An international experiment in dialogue

Heather Founded and manages the international team of Humans interviewers who have collected nearly 500 in-depth, personal interviews from Gestalt therapists around the world in multiple languages.  She also developed the “Remembering Laura Perls” sub-series dedicated to preserving the memory of Gestalt Therapy´s co-founder in the words of those who knew her.

AMPG

Heather is the Founder (2013) and President of this community space for the growth, development and enjoyment of Gestalt therapy in, from and for Mexico.

Open Gestalt

An emergent international space under the AMPG umbrella for co-learning, social justice, and non-traditional Gestalt to develop.

Humans of gestalt presents: Opengestalt

This will be a one-of-a-kind, two-month-long international, multi-lingual online creative learning space.

Published Articles

Internet-mediated Gestalt therapy: excitement and growth in an online field

FREE PIZZA

In the Face of Trauma: Relationship, Ethics, and the Possibility of Presence

Interviews and Podcasts

Interview with Annie Garrety, GANZ President

Interview for Humans of Gestalt

Featured guest on “Being and Doing” podcast

Past events I have created and facilitated

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