Heide Banks

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Heide Banks
Born
Heide Mintzer
Education M.A. in Spiritual Psychology
Alma materUniversity of Santa Monica
Occupation(s)Psychologist, author, media personality & relationship expert
Website heidebanks.com

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]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 Christ, Mary (11 April 2004). "'I Fall to Pieces': The Cabaret of Consolation". The New York Times . Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  2. ↑ "Sex survey: Working parents are "just too tired"". cbsnews.com. 22 March 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  3. ↑ Skurko Kao, Laurel. "Consumer Literature On Alternative Medicine: - Addressing Consumer Confusion". healthy.net. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Koff, Ashley (23 December 2010). "12 Expert Holiday Survival Tips". huffingtonpost.com. TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  5. ↑ Condor, Bob (20 June 1996). "Star Treatment". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  6. ↑ Holden, Stephen (2 November 1986). "Stage - "The Frankenstein Musical"". The New York Times . Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  7. ↑ "American Playhouse: True West (TV)". paleycenter.org. The Paley Center For Media. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Documentary". freedomtochoose.net. The Freedom to Choose Foundation. Archived from the original on 10 August 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  9. ↑ "USM Service Project: Freedom to Choose (Part 1)". youtube.com. University of Santa Monica. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 "Heide Banks". aloha.com. Aloha. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  11. ↑ It works for me! : celebrity stories of alternative healing. WorldCat. OCLC   35112637.
  12. ↑ Chicken Soup from the Soul of Hawai'i: Stories of Aloha to Create Paradise. Simon and Schuster. 18 September 2012. ISBN   9781453276976 . Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  13. ↑ Donaldson James, Susan (4 February 2011). "How to Keep a Relationship Alive". abcnews.go.com. ABC News Internet Ventures. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  14. ↑ "Men think sharing problems is a waste: study". cbsnews.com. CBS Interactive Inc. 31 August 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "Heide Banks". huffingtonpost.com. TheHuffingtonPost.com, Inc. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  16. ↑ On Becoming Fearless...in Love, Work, and Life. Little, Brown. 4 September 2006. ISBN   9780759568273 . Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  17. ↑ "ABC 20/20 Inside the Bachelor: Stories Behind the Rose". hulu.com. ABC Television Network. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  18. ↑ "25 Years Of Sexy: People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive". paleycenter.org. The Paley Center For Media. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  19. ↑ "Curb: The Discussion - Season 3". tv.com. CBS Interactive Sites. Archived from the original on 2 October 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  20. ↑ "A Factor Consulting Inc". manta.com. Manta Media Inc. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  21. ↑ Banks, Heide. "Forgiving". lifebyme.com. Retrieved 29 September 2015. She's the official representative to the United Nations for The Center for Partnership Studies.
  22. ↑ "Moby Attends An Evening Of Gratitude For Charity". looktothestars.org. Look To The Stars. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  23. ↑ "AO On-Site – "A Surrealism Salon," organized by Performa's Young Visionaries and hosted by Lia Chavez, Monday, July 29th". artobserved.com. Art Observed. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
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