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Hedy Schleifer, MA
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| Name: | Hedy Schleifer, MA | | Web: | www.hedyyumi.org/index.php | | Bio: | Hedy Schleifer is the Director of Schleifer & Associates in Miami Beach, Florida. Hedy is an internationally known psychotherapist, trainer, relationship coach, workshop presenter and motivational speaker. She earned her B.A. in Psychology from the University of California at Los Angeles, and her M.A. in Clinical and Child Psychology from Tel Aviv University. Hedy completed training in developmental play with Viola Brody, and has been certified by Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., as a Clinical Instructor and as a Workshop Presenter Trainer of Imago Relationship Therapy.
While living in Israel in the years of 1972 to 1978, Hedy counseled indigent families, and assisted families affected by the Yom Kippur war. In the United States, Hedy has worked in Christian-Jewish relations, with persons with AIDS, and most particularly, assisted women to overcome their personal development issues, and be empowered into their full potential. Together with her husband Yumi, she co-founded the Orlando Florida Chapter of the Foundation for Mid-East Communication, a group that created an environment for building relationships between Arabs and Jews.
From 1993 through 2003, together with her husband Yumi, a former aerospace engineer and business man, Hedy pioneered the expansion of Imago Relationship Therapy in many countries, training hundreds of therapists and many workshop presenters, and leading relationship workshops for couples. Yumi and Hedy were catalysts in the establishment of Imago communities in South Africa, Israel, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden and Canada.
Today, Hedy travels extensively throughout the world bringing her passion and expertise in the art of relationships and conflict dissolution, to many settings, spanning the mental health, healthcare, religious, educational and corporate communities. Hedy currently bases her work with couples and her trainings on an integrative approach inspired by the philosophy of Martin Buber, as well as a variety of relational methodologies including Imago Relationship Therapy, Appreciative Inquiry, Re-evaluation Counseling, and Relational Neuro-biology. She counsels, supervises, and trains psychotherapists worldwide, and together with Yumi, she conducts seminars for couples in over 16 countries. Hedy and Yumis newest venture is training organizations on how to introduce the benefits of a culture of Relational Maturity in the workplace.
In February 2007, Hedy appeared on Israel TV in a 7 part series entitled Couple Therapy. In September 2008, a documentary film was released, entitled Hedy and Yumi: Crossing the Bridge which tells the story of Hedy and Yumis life, message and mission.
Born in Switzerland and raised in Belgium, Hedy is fluent in six languages. She and her husband reside in Miami Beach, Florida. They have been married over 43 years. They have two sons and eleven grandchildren. Hedy believes that world peace begins with the human family, and can best be achieved by creating strong, committed, and growing partnerships. | |
Speaker Bonus: FREE audio- Growing Our Passion
In this program Hedy covers the initial Romance stage of relationship and how to keep the initial excitement alive over time. For the first time outside of her workshops for couples, Hedy reveals her Seven Principles for Conscious Relationship.
The Miracle of Connection
Track: Spirituality in RelationshipsDate / Time: Mon, Mar 30, 2009 - 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm Eastern TimeBorn in a European refugee camp and growing up in a family of Jewish holocaust survivors profoundly influenced Hedy to embrace the spiritual elements of marriage and family. In her 43 years of marriage to her Soul Mate, Yumi, Hedy embarked with him on a journey of Tikkun (Hebrew for 'healing and transformation') that led them to discover, experience, and teach the Miracle of Connection around the world.
In this program Hedy will share life-changing lessons from her very personal odyssey of the Miracle of Connection- relationship as a sacred journey. You will learn:
- How to honor and fertilize the sacred relational space between a couple
- How to embrace a relationship not as a problem to be solved, but as a bountiful gift to be enjoyed
- How to recognize and cross the Bridge to Connection
- The mysterious and awesome potential of the Miracle of Connection to replace fear and anger with love and compassion to achieve Shalom Bayit (Hebrew for 'peace in the home') in our relationships and in the world | * Speaker Bonuses are available to registered participants in the 2009 Conscious Relationship Summit.
Upon signup, you will be provided with instant access to ALL Bonuses from all speakers and sponsors.
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