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Dr. Heea Yang expertise spans body-centered counseling with movement & creative arts, mindfulness and meditation, emotional and mental coaching. She attained her PhD in Counseling and Coaching at the Graduate School of Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, where she directed her Healing Art Institute that specialized in stress management and coaching for business top managers and as well creative art healing programs for parents and kids. She moved to Italy in recent years, and she is now directing Carpe Diem, a counseling and coaching center aiming to support individuals in their whole person development.


EDUCATION


2013 - 2018
Graduate School of Yonsei University
Seoul, South Korea
Ph.D. in Counseling and Coaching

2002 - 2004
Graduate School of Counseling, Seoul Theological University, South Korea
MA. Department of Christian Counseling



EXPERIENCE

2013 - 2018
Yonsei University
Researcher, Counseling & Coaching Center

2013 - 2015
Korean Existential Therapy Research Center, Bright Light Counseling Center
Professor of Dance Therapy

2009 - 2015
Jandiwa Sopung, an educational consulting group specializing in organizational revitalization
Deputy representative

2009 - 2015
KT (Korean Telecom) Leadership Academy
Adjunct Professor

2008 - 2018
Carpe Diem Healing Art Institute
Director

2007 - 2010
 Ministry of National Defense (Culture Arts Education Division)
Excellent Guest Lecturer

2005 - 2007
Korean Dance Therapy Association
Youth Team Leader and Research Fellow

2005 - 2006
Art Therapy Specialty Course, Counseling Center, Seoul Theological University
Professor of Dance Therapy



PUBLICATIONS

 
 2016
Translation of the book “Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma” by Peter. A. Levine, 1994. into Korean Language 내 안의 트라우마 치유하기, Soulmate, Seoul, South Korea

 
 2005 - 2007
Ph.D. Thesis, Study on Body-Based Spiritual Experiences of the Adults Who Experienced Dance Movement Therapy, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea.

 
 2003
Master’s Thesis, Dance Movement Therapy Program for Whole Healing, Seoul Theological University, Graduate School of Counseling