Heide Banks
American psychotherapist
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Heide Banks is a psychotherapist, author, TV personality and relationship expert.[1][2] She is the author of It Works for Me and has appeared on various television programs including 20/20, The Early Show, Good Morning America and The Oprah Winfrey Show.[3][4][5]
Heide Banks | |
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| Born | Heide Mintzer |
| Education | M.A. in Spiritual Psychology |
| Alma mater | University of Santa Monica |
| Occupations | Psychologist, author, media personality & relationship expert |
| Website | heidebanks |
Career
Banks began her career as a theatre and television producer who produced projects including the Broadway theatre production of I Got a Girl for You! (The Frankenstein Musical) and American Playhouse specials True West and The Dining Room.[6][7] She is an executive producer of the Cannes Film Festival winning documentary Freedom to Choose.[8][9] She received her Masters of Arts in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica.[10]
In 1996, she authored It Works For Me.[11] She was also a contributing editor for several books including Chicken Soup for the Soul.[12] As a relationship expert, Banks makes regular television appearances on networks including ABC and CBS and CNN.[13][14] She is also a contributor to The Huffington Post and is referenced in multiple bestsellers including Arianna Huffington's On Becoming Fearless...In Love, Work, and Life.[15][16]
In 2004, Banks organized the New York Break Up Club, a social club for people who have recently left romantic relationships.[1] She was a relationship therapist for contestants on The Bachelor and appeared on the 20/20 special Inside the Bachelor: The Stories Behind the Rose.[17] In 2010 she appeared on the ABC TV special 25 Years Of Sexy: People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive.[18] The same year she was a featured panelist on TV Guide Channel's Curb: The Discussion.[19]
Banks is the Chairman of the Board for A Factor Consulting Inc. in New York.[20] She is the senior advisor to the Ignite-Good Movement and is the official representative to the United Nations for Center for Partnership Studies.[10][21] She is also involved with The Flawless Foundation, an advocacy group for children with brain based behavioral challenges, as well as the non-profit arts association Performa and Phoenix House Drug Treatment Centers.[10][22][23]