Therapy by Shira
 
 

MIND-BODY APPROACH: In addition to being classically trained, I’m also a mind-body therapist with a mission to help you learn how to trust your intuition. Your intuition is your own personal compass that can guide you in each moment. If you can learn to be attuned to your physical sensations, you’ll have access to important tools that can help you make the most positive decisions for yourself.

 
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SHIRA M. HEFTER, ACSW

Master’s of Social Work from the University of Southern California

The importance of going to a prestigious school to become educated or hiring a phenomenal coach to emerge as a high-level athlete is obvious. To be great at anything, you need to practice and have a first-class guide who is solely there to help you succeed. I am here to train you in becoming the best version of you. It all starts with understanding yourself. Because how can you conquer something you do not understand? Then we will unpack the contents of your mind, organize what is there, and throw out what is not needed. Let’s partner up in transforming your life together.

 
 
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Specializations

  • Therapy for Women

  • Athletes & Performers

  • Those with chronic symptoms, including illness & pain. 

  • Teen Therapy

  • Anxiety 

  • Depression

  • Trauma

  • Spirituality

  • Self Esteem

  • Life Transitions

  • Yoga & Meditation

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CHRONIC PAIN, SYMPTOMS & ILLNESS 

Do you have chronic pain, symptoms, illness or an injury that hasn’t healed? Ironically, the majority of chronic symptoms are actually NOT due to a physical, structural problem. Instead headaches, IBS, fibromyalgia, back pain, whiplash injuries, insomnia, etc; actually have to do with unresolved stress or emotion that our brains store in our bodies. I specialize in using a holistic mind-body approach based on Neuroscience to help you rewire your brain to ‘unlearn’ conditioned responses that cause these frustrating, debilitating sensations. Your symptoms can be relieved significantly. Contact me for more information.

ATHLETES & PERFORMERS

As a current professional dancer and former Rhythmic Gymnast ranked 14th in the USA, I utilize my success and more importantly, my failures to help you flourish. I use evidence-based techniques to help athletes, teams and performers rise to their highest potential. 

WOMEN

I specialize in seeing adolescent and adult females. With a deep awareness of the struggles, pain, confusion and insecurities that women feel, I’m here to sit with you and allow you to laugh, cry, scream, and feel through your experiences. As we safely process even the most traumatic events in your life, you’ll actually learn to use your difficult moments and memories to your advantage. Then, with this self-acceptance, you’ll become your most authentic, powerful you.

YOGA & MEDITATION

As a certified Yoga & Meditation instructor, I can turn the typical one-on-one therapy session into an experience. Thus, with movement & meditation therapy, you’ll learn to communicate with yourself in a high-level way so you can rise above insecurities and personal blockages. 

 
 

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