Heather Stringer is an artist, licensed mental health therapist and ritual maker. She studied painting in undergrad at Columbia College in Chicago and then received her MACP at The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. She's a fellow at the Allender Center where she enjoys doing narrative focused trauma therapy. 

During her time at Columbia she encountered Performance Art, a nontheatrical medium to which the body is the canvas. Her work has been featured in shows and galleries throughout Seattle and Chicago. She received an art grant in which she curated a group show called Body Orthodoxy. Most recently, she curated and performed in a group show called Good Body.

Over the last decade Heather has been practicing therapy as a narrative focused trauma therapist. She believes the stories that are handed down to us, including the ones that cause us harm, often preclude our particular experience, intuition, and insight. Story work helps draw out the truer story and releases people from the shame and subsequent contempt.

Since 2015, Heather has been using her art and therapeutic background to create and guide people into rituals. Rituals help people become more present and attuned to their lives. She has curated hundreds of them for people who are either undergoing change (grief, loss, birthday, career transition, etc), are in need of initiating change, or needing to mark a significant event. She has done research and writing on the practices and theories of ritual making.

The heartbeat of Heather's work is weaving together the heart and soul with the body, whether in her practice, art or rituals.

She lives in Seattle with her lovely husband Jay and their wild and sweet kids, Amos and Iona.