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Heide Banks
Born
Heide Mintzer
EducationM.A. in Spiritual Psychology
Alma materUniversity of Santa Monica
Occupation(s)Psychologist, author, media personality & relationship expert
Websiteheidebanks.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

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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

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  1. ^ a b 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. 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. ^ a b c "Heide Banks". aloha.com. Aloha. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  11. ^ It works for me! : celebrity stories of alternative healing. WorldCat. OCLC 35112637. Retrieved 29 September 2015 – via worldcat.org.
  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. 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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