About Heather Corwin, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Dr. Corwin's diverse background and experiences inform her therapeutic approach infused with unconditional positive regard. Specialties include people looking for a more physical approach to incorporate in therapy and working with actors and creatives. She is a mental health provider who utilizes integrative approaches to create a foundation of wellness; this includes sensory awareness and body connection to explore how impulses translate into our everyday actions. People are complex. Body sensations, feelings, thoughts and expectations converge to inform how we see and engage with the world.
​Dr. Corwin's expertise and research is in emotional intelligence, which includes empathy, emotional regulation, how we see the world, and communication. These skills help people connect with others as they intend. Our early relationships with caregivers, also known as Attachment theory, form how we operate with others and are the foundation of interpersonal relationships. Performing arts is Dr. Corwin's background, which helps bring playfulness and humor to the therapeutic work, with mindfulness and creativity.
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Therapeutic goals will include a broad base of techniques to allow us to explore your world, and to identify and redefine who you want to be in your most whole self. Being in relationship with yourself and with others can open you to the skills and awareness required to live your life on your terms with the joy you crave.
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Dr. Heather has a book contract with Routledge Publishing on mental health for actors.
Dr. Heather is presenting at the Stanislavski and Psychology Symposium in Malta in November 2024:
Somatic Psychology and Chekhov: A Perfect Pairing.
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Licensed Clinical Psychologist Illinois 071.011423
Licensed Clinical Psychologist California 35039 ​
Workshop offerings found here.
Dr. Corwin's wellness work with Creatives and Actors, visit HeatherC.com.
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Actors and Performance Artist Issues
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Pregnancy and Post Partum
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Parenting
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Anxiety
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Depression
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Life Transitions
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Aging Concerns
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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Professional/Career Issues
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College/Graduate School Issues
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Grief, Loss, or Bereavement
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Somatic Issues
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Women's Issues
Teaching Positions, Current and Past
Education
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The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, December 2014, Ph.D. Clinical Psychology with Somatic Concentration
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Dissertation: "The relationship between Sanford Meisner actor training and emotional intelligence"
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Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, matriculated to TCSPP, Somatic Psychology Ph.D.
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Florida State University/Asolo Conservatory, May 2004, M.F.A. Theatre
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Millikin University, May 1993, B.F.A. Theatre
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Graduate Faculty at Roosevelt University, Chicago
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Head of Movement for Actor Training, Northern Illinois University
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Assistant Professor Ashland University
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Faculty, Pasadena City College
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Faculty, Azusa Pacific University
