Featured Mobius Practitioners: Hedy Schleifer

Hedy has dedicated her personal and professional lives to the exploration of relationship building and the development of relational intelligence and maturity. She has 40 years of professional experience with a BA from UCLA in Psychology and an MA in Clinical and Child Psychology from Tel Aviv University, as well as over 50 years of personal experience in her marriage and “living laboratory” with her husband, Yumi. Hedy believes that world peace begins with the human family, and can best be achieved by creating strong, committed, and growing partnerships of all kinds.

Hedy’s current work with Encounter-centered Couples Transformation® has its roots in Hedy’s earlier work: Encounter-centered Couples Therapy™ an approach Hedy has taught in 39 countries. While Hedy no longer offers this work in a therapeutic setting, her innovative, integrative and transformational approach to the creation of strong, productive, and creative relationships forms the core of her work. Using this approach, Hedy educates and guides couples, mental health professionals, coaches, leaders. and executives in the power of connection and has also helped them to repair, heal, and transform their relationships.

Hedy’s early career started in private practice where she counseled people affected with AIDS during the height of the crisis. She has also focused much of her attention assisting and empowering women to reach their full potential. Through the creation of a chapter of the Foundation for  Mid-East Communication, Hedy was given a unique opportunity to work on Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations. Through that experience, Hedy dove deep into teachings about conflict dissolution and relational maturity, which she has brought to all of her work.

Hedy speaks seven languages and has taught and provided her approach to relationships in more than 39 countries worldwide. Revered by students and clients all over the world, Hedy proudly works with people of all races, ethnicities, religions, and sexual and gender orientations.