Heidi Horsley
Adjunct Assistant Professor
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Dr. Heidi Horsley teaches courses in Intervention for Grief Loss and Bereavement, Clinical Evaluation with Children, Social Work with Children, and Play Therapy at Columbia University School of Social Work (CUSSW). Dr. Horsley is a Licensed Psychologist and Social Worker. She holds a Psychology Doctorate from the University of San Francisco, a Master’s degree in Social Work from Columbia University, and a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling from Loyola University in New Orleans.
Dr. Horsley is respected as an expert in the area of grief and loss. She hosts the syndicated talk radio show, Healing the Grieving Heart, which can be heard live every Thursday. This show is one of the top ranked shows on Health Voice America and is re-broadcast on the women’s channel (Greenstone Partnership), and on World Talk Radio, the World’s Largest Radio Network. Dr. Horsley serves as National Board Member and Secretary of the Open to Hope Foundation. For the past 5 years she has worked as a co-investigator for the FDNY-CSU/Columbia University Family Guidance Program. This program provides ongoing intervention to facilitate coping of spouses and children of firefighters killed in the WTC disaster. She also conducts workshops for 9/11 bereaved siblings. In addition, she presents numerous seminars throughout the country, and conducts annual workshops at National Compassionate Friends Conferences. Dr. Horsley appeared on ABC’s 20/20 television program, as a guest expert helping audiences to understand the complexities of the grief process. She has also been interviewed for several newspapers including, the NY Daily News and the Washington Post. Her research interests and publications are in the area of grief and loss, and her doctoral dissertation was on the sudden death of a sibling.
Dr. Horsley received her clinical training at Manhattan Psychiatric Center, St. Lukes/Roosevelt Hospital, and California Pacific Medical Center in the adult and child psychiatry departments. She has a wide range of clinical experience, which includes work in a university counseling center, a residential treatment center, a mental health clinic, a juvenile detention facility, and several school settings.
Selected Recent Publications:
Horsley, G. & Horsley, H. (2007). Teen Grief Relief: Parenting with Understanding, Support and Guidance. Rainbow Books.
Packman, W., Horsley, H., Davies, B., Kramer, R. (2006). Sibling Bereavement and Continuing Bonds. Death Studies, 30, 817-841.
Horsley, H. & Patterson, T. (2006). The Effects of a Parent Guidance Intervention on Communication among Adolescents who have Experienced the Sudden Death of a Sibling. The American Journal of Family Therapy, 34 (2), 119-137.
Horsley, H. (March 2006). Continuing Bonds: How to Honor Sibling Loss. The Link: A Newsletter for FDNY Families from the Counseling Service Unit of the Fire Dept. of New York.
Horsley, G., & Horsley, H. (2006). Continuing Bonds. The Compassionate Friends Magazine: We Need Not Walk Alone, pp. 19-20.
Horsley, H. (2002). Teenagers Grieve, Too! The Compassionate Friends Magazine: We Need Not Walk Alone, pp. 6.
Last updated January 22, 2008.
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