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Mathew Apeseche 
LICSW, Heartwood Founder/Director

Mat has over 15 years experience working with children, teens, and parents. After graduating from Bowdoin College in Maine with a major in sociology and a minor in teaching Mat moved out to California and Oregon to work with homeless youth living on the street. From there he became an after-school program director, and eventually transitioned to working with students in their homes and communities as a therapeutic mentor and in-home family therapist. After earning his Masters of Social Work from Boston College Mat worked as the clinical director of a therapeutic special education school in Chelsea and a clinical consultant with the Somerville school district in MA. Now he is the director of Heartwood Expeditions and operates his private therapy practice out of Williamsburg, MA.

 

Mat loves travel and adventure. He has driven cross-country 9 times by car, van, and motorcycle and has traveled to 16 foreign countries. His favorite past times include many physical/recreational activities: skiing, rock climbing, running, hiking, camping, basketball, and martial arts. Mat also loves both playing music and attending live music events. He lives in Goshen, MA with his wife, 2 children, and two dogs Lucy and George.  

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Lucy Mae Sunday,
LMFT

Certified Mindfulness Teacher cMT-P, 

I am led by my spiritual experience of this world. I experience a connective, poetic and cerebral internal system loaded with deep compassion and deep emotion. Being a heart-led witness to the human experience in all of its nuance, grief, humor, hope and fear is my favorite part of this life. I am trained as a (eco) systemic therapist, examining how socio-cultural and environmental dynamics and inequities influence our relationships. I hold a masters degree in Couple & Family therapy from Antioch New England, and work full time with couples and relational constellations through The Northampton Center for Couples Therapy. In my work with couples, I utilize evidence-based and experiential models such as Gottman, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Parts work and solution-focused therapies. As a certified mindfulness teacher (c-MTP), I emphasize working in the present moment,  focusing on the relationship between our mind and body as a source of healing and an invitation to return to an inherent fullness of experience. I use bottom-up approaches in working with trauma, focusing on nervous system regulation and stress resolution. I live in the Hilltowns of Western Massachusetts with my Husband Charlie, and our dog Juniper, influencing my active participation in this ecosystem. I am moved by our inherent impermanence and interdependence on a daily basis.

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Phoebe Woerner

LICSW

Phoebe is a licensed independent clinical social worker (LICSW) who specializes in working with children, teens and families. She has supported young people’s behavioral health as a school adjustment counselor and as a community based individual and family therapist. Prior to earning her Master’s in Social Work from UC Berkeley in 2018, she worked as a youth programs coordinator in the San Francisco Bay Area and has also worked as a family mediator for the past decade, helping couples and families navigate conflict and significant life changes.

She grew up in a small town in the northeast, spent 15 years in California, and moved back east to beautiful Western Mass in 2018. She loves being back in a place with real seasons and delights in exploring the local woods and rivers with her partner, their toddler, and dog.

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Sara Kunz
Certified Meditation and Yoga Teacher 
& Primiti
ve Survivalist 

Sara (aka the Joyful Warrior)  has been empowering people through movement and mindfulness for a decade.  Starting with her background as a circus performer, Sara helps others develop confidence, courage, and communication skills by integrating mindfulness and wellness into physical activity.  She has performed and taught internationally as a circus artist and opened a nonprofit for sexual assault survivors in 2020 as a way of giving back in her own healing journey. Along that journey she discovered the sense of peace and personal power that comes from practicing primitive survival, and has since gone on many survival adventures, one of which will be aired on the Discovery Channel this year.

She integrates evidence based tools with hollistic and experience-based approaches to happiness, resilience, and well being.  You can learn more about Sara and her workshops, retreats, and digital content at sarakunz.com. 

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