Welcome - I’m so glad you’re here.
I’m Heather Moon Vogels, a psychotherapist with over 20 years of experience guiding teens, young adults, and adults through obstacles that limit them from truly thriving.
I help people heal from disconnection, stress, and overwhelm, recover from developmental and attachment trauma, and address self-harm, disordered eating, dependencies, relationships, and expat challenges.
I also work with athletes, performers, musicians, and professionals navigating high-pressure moments - whether on a stage, in competition, an exam room, a rehearsal space, or a leadership setting. My role is to help you build confidence, regulate performance pressure, and show up as your most grounded and authentic self. Drawing on my experience as a competitive rower and training in performance psychology, I help clients strengthen nervous-system regulation, resilience, and aligned performance.
My approach is trauma-informed and emphasizes the nervous system’s role in emotional regulation and healing. I draw from the work of Pia Mellody, Internal Family Systems (IFS), somatic integration, and EMDR, combined with CBT, mindfulness, and compassion-based techniques. Our work is deeply personal, and together we go on a journey of exploration, using methods tailored to what works best for each individual - all aimed at helping those I collaborate with heal, connect, and thrive.
Understanding how trauma impacts the body, mind, and spirit, I use a comprehensive, integrative approach to help individuals reconnect with inner resilience and align with their authentic selves.
My methods foster emotional safety, encourage self-awareness, and support healing from past wounds. Whether you’re dealing with anxiety, stress, life changes, depression, low motivation, addiction, dependencies, body image, food, or relational difficulties, I provide a compassionate space for transformative growth.
With online sessions, you can access this personalized care from the comfort of your home.
My academic path began at the University of Vermont, where I studied both fine arts and psychology before completing my graduate degree in counseling psychology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. My background also includes a deep engagement with the arts, Reiki and energy healing, and competitive athletics - experiences that continue to shape
My academic path began at the University of Vermont, where I studied both fine arts and psychology before completing my graduate degree in counseling psychology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. My background also includes a deep engagement with the arts, Reiki and energy healing, and competitive athletics - experiences that continue to shape my understanding of resilience, creativity, and the mind–body–spirit connection.
With over 20 years of professional experience, I specialize in trauma-informed psychotherapy for stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and trauma recovery. My early work in addiction treatment revealed how trauma often lies at the heart of emotional and behavioral struggles, shaping the integrative, neuroscience-informed approach I use today.
My advanced training includes The Voyage® Trauma-Informed Program (Level 5 OFQUAL, 80 CPD hours), Post Induction Therapy with Pia Mellody (The Meadows), and ongoing EMDR certification. I also hold extensive experience in CBT, motivational interviewing, parts work, and attachment- and somatic-based modalities.
Beyond private practice, I’ve worked across clinical, forensic, and academic settings - including Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Columbia University Medical Center, and Somerville Mental Health Association - providing therapy, supervision, and education. I am currently an Adjunct Professor at Webster Private University Vienna, where I teach courses in psychology and trauma-informed practice.
Having lived and worked in Switzerland, England, and Austria, I bring a cross-cultural perspective to my work with expatriates, global professionals, and high performers navigating transitions, identity, and belonging.
Across all of my work, I hold a guiding belief that our emotions, behaviors, and nervous system responses always make sense in context - and each of us carries an innate capacity to heal, reconnect, and thrive.
In addition to my work with trauma and emotional healing, I bring a unique perspective to supporting athletes and high performers across domains. As a former competitive rower who has raced at the World Championships and earned multiple national titles, I understand the intense mental and physical demands of performing under pressure - wh
In addition to my work with trauma and emotional healing, I bring a unique perspective to supporting athletes and high performers across domains. As a former competitive rower who has raced at the World Championships and earned multiple national titles, I understand the intense mental and physical demands of performing under pressure - whether that pressure comes from sport, music, academics, or professional expectations. My background in the creative arts, including painting, also helps me support artistic performers navigating expression, flow, and the emotional depth of creative work.
My own experiences in high-performance training have shaped how I help people navigate the psychological demands of competition, evaluation, creativity, and recovery. I integrate parts work with somatic practices to help clients deepen awareness of how the nervous system influences focus, resilience, expressive capacity, and recovery.
This approach allows performers of all types - musicians preparing for auditions, students facing exams, artists managing creative blocks, professionals in leadership roles, and athletes returning from injury - to recognize and regulate stress responses, work with internal conflicts, engage with their inner resources more effectively, and transform unhelpful patterns into strengths. By supporting the whole person, not just the performer or professional identity, I help clients find balance between drive and rest, discipline and self-compassion, performance and well-being.
Whether preparing for a competition, performance, presentation, or pivotal moment, my approach blends cutting-edge neuroscience, trauma-informed care, and lived high-performance experience to create a uniquely tailored path to sustainable, grounded success.
My approach is client-centered, collaborative, trauma informed and evidence-based. I prioritize building a trusting and safe therapeutic relationship. Together we begin to identify, make sense of and understand the patterns, survival strategies and nervous system responses that have both helped you to adapt and survive, but also can be
My approach is client-centered, collaborative, trauma informed and evidence-based. I prioritize building a trusting and safe therapeutic relationship. Together we begin to identify, make sense of and understand the patterns, survival strategies and nervous system responses that have both helped you to adapt and survive, but also can be limiting or keep you feeling stuck.
What to Expect
Therapy that meets you where you are.
A Lifetime of Curiosity, Growth, and Connection
I grew up in Vermont, USA, and my path toward becoming a psychotherapist has been shaped by a lifelong curiosity about human behavior, a love of creativity, and a dedication to helping people live more connected, authentic lives.
Before returning to graduate school to pursue counseling psych
A Lifetime of Curiosity, Growth, and Connection
I grew up in Vermont, USA, and my path toward becoming a psychotherapist has been shaped by a lifelong curiosity about human behavior, a love of creativity, and a dedication to helping people live more connected, authentic lives.
Before returning to graduate school to pursue counseling psychology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, I spent several years focused on competitive rowing, racing at the World Championships and earning multiple national titles. That experience taught me resilience, focus, and the importance of mind-body connection, lessons I carry into both my personal life and therapeutic work. It also showed me the shadow side of elite performance: how intense pressure can fuel limiting beliefs, obsessive tendencies, and self-critical or addictive patterns, and the ways high expectations can sometimes undermine well-being.
Alongside my work in psychology, I also studied fine art and painting - a pursuit that continues to shape both my worldview and therapeutic approach. At one point, I was accepted to graduate programs in both art and psychology - a beautiful but ultimately unsustainable idea that taught me the importance of honouring limits, even my own. I chose psychology as my main path, but painting remains a vital part of my life. I’ve exhibited my work and continue to find in art another language for healing and self-understanding, which I sometimes integrate into therapy when it supports a client’s process.
I have also had my own journey of healing from trauma and limiting beliefs, and continue to engage in personal growth and reflection. This lived experience deepens my empathy and informs how I guide clients - whether they are navigating trauma, life transitions, or the pressures of performance.
I began my career in addiction treatment, guided by the understanding that trauma often lies at the root of addictive patterns. Over time, my work expanded to include trauma-informed, integrative approaches that help individuals, couples, athletes, and high performers heal, recover, and thrive.
As my professional path evolved, my personal life did too. After moving abroad, I began my family, a chapter that was both deeply meaningful and unexpectedly disorienting as I worked to stay grounded in my identity while so much was in transition. Becoming a first-time parent and a first-time expat at the same time meant navigating new systems, new languages, and a temporarily slowed, and for a time halted, career. Even with these challenges, I became a proud parent to three beautiful children, welcoming the first two in Switzerland and the third in Oxford. They have been an ongoing inspiration to my own healing, a humbling and awe-inspiring privilege, and a constant reminder of the challenges parents face in nurturing their children while continuing their own journey of growth and breaking intergenerational patterns.
These experiences continue to shape how I support others. As a parent, I understand the complexities of caring for a child while still tending to one’s own growth. As an expat, I know firsthand the challenges of building a life, community, and career far from home. Living and working in Switzerland, England, and now Austria informs my work with expats and global professionals, helping them navigate transitions, identity shifts, and the emotional landscapes that come with life across cultures.
These personal and professional experiences have reinforced a core insight in my work: true healing, growth, and performance are deeply interconnected. They are not opposites, but partners in the same journey toward living fully and authentically. My approach integrates evidence-based science, lived experience, creativity, and compassion, and is always tailored to the unique needs of the person in front of me.
When I’m not supporting clients, you can find me rowing on early morning waters, painting, exploring nature, or enjoying a quiet lazy morning cuddling with my three children and any one or all of my three cats over a morning coffee. My ideal day blends focus, creativity, and connection, the same principles I help clients cultivate in their own lives.
Every stage of life brings transitions, challenges, and opportunities for growth.
My work supports those who want to feel grounded, connected, and whole again — whether that means healing from the past, improving relationships, or performing with confidence under pressure.
I work with:
Stressful life events, loss, major life transitions, relationship challenges, high-pressure experiences, or past trauma can leave us feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in patterns of fear, self-doubt, or anxiety. Trauma often creates parts of ourselves that hold limiting beliefs, keeping us from fully trusting ourselves or moving forward. I work with individuals to heal from trauma, manage stress, and reconnect with their inner strength.
Using a trauma-informed, integrative approach - drawing on Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, somatic therapy, and mindfulness - we explore these underlying parts, patterns, and emotions, helping you regulate your nervous system, rebuild safety, and strengthen self-trust.
Together, we create a personalized path for healing, moving from surviving to thriving, with greater clarity, resilience, and presence in your life.
Relationships can be challenging, especially when patterns from the past interfere with connection, communication, or trust. I help couples and individuals develop healthier, more authentic relationships, whether romantic, family, or professional.
Through trauma-informed therapy, somatic approaches, and parts work, we explore relational patterns, improve communication, and create boundaries that honor your needs, allowing for deeper intimacy and more balanced connections.
Supporting growth, identity, and emotional resilience during life’s most transformative years.
I especially enjoy working with teens and young adults. These years are full of change - new freedoms, shifting identities, academic and social pressures, relationships, and the growing awareness of who you are and who you want to become. It’s a time of possibility, but also a time when emotions can feel intense, confusing, or overwhelming.
Therapy offers a grounded, steady space to explore these experiences with honesty and compassion.
I offer a space where you can:
We work together at your pace, integrating approaches that feel supportive , whether that’s talking, understanding the nervous system, exploring your inner world, or incorporating creativity when helpful.
Many teens and young adults feel overwhelmed by academic expectations - exams, deadlines, decisions about the future, and the pressure to achieve. Test anxiety, perfectionism, and fear of disappointing others can make it hard to concentrate or feel confident.
I help young people:
Together, we build skills that support both learning and long-term resilience.
Navigating the teen and young adult years can be challenging, especially when your child is struggling. Many parents feel unsure how to help or worry they’re doing something wrong. I support not only young people, but also the parents who care for them.
I offer guidance on:
For young athletes and high performers, the demands can be especially intense. I draw on my background as a competitive athlete to support teens and young adults facing:
Together, we build inner resilience, confidence, and healthier ways of striving - rooted not in fear or pressure, but in self-connection and sustainable growth.
Living abroad can be exhilarating, but it can also feel disorienting. New cultures, shifting identities, and distance from loved ones can leave even the strongest feeling unmoored.
I help expats and global professionals move from survival mode to flourishing, rebuilding a sense of belonging and alignment in their international journey. Having lived and worked internationally myself, I understand these transitions on a personal level.
Using trauma-informed, integrative methods, we explore identity, culture shock, career transitions, and relationships - creating strategies for resilience, connection, and thriving anywhere in the world. Therapy offers a space to reconnect with your authentic self and navigate life abroad with clarity, confidence, and presence.
Life often asks us to “perform” in ways that go beyond sports or the stage - exams, job interviews, presentations, creative work, or difficult conversations can trigger the same nerves and inner conflicts that athletes feel before competition.
I specialise in working with high-achievers, athletes, coaches, and leaders to sharpen mental focus, regulate the nervous system under pressure, recover efficiently, and lead with clarity and resilience.
In high-pressure moments, different inner voices compete - parts that wants to achieve, parts that fear failure, parts that need to hide, parts that protect, and parts that longs to be seen. Using parts work, somatic approaches, EMDR, and performance psychology, we meet these parts with compassion, unlocking a calmer, more authentic and integrated self.
This integrative approach combines:
Performance is not only about results - it’s about alignment between mind, body, and values. Together, we build presence, confidence, and resilience, helping you approach work, creativity, relationships, and life with clarity and authenticity.
True performance grows from a regulated mind and an integrated self.
Learn to lean into a compassion for self and all of your parts that have helped protect you. while gently loosening and shifting the strategies that no longer serve you or are in alignment. Focus on your strengths and develop habits that support your wellbeing.