Heidy Guzman is the owner and clinical director of Guzman Psychotherapy. She is a bilingual licensed professional counselor and a national certified counselor. Her work is integrative and draws from psychodynamic and existential approaches. She has worked in the field of counseling and psychotherapy in Atlanta and abroad since receiving her degree in clinical psychology in 2003 in Colombia, South America. She obtained her second master’s degree in professional counseling from Argosy University in 2007. Heidy is currently enrolled in the Core Program at the Emory University Psychoanalytic Institute. Heidy’s areas of specialty include migration grief, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues.

Heidy’s expertise in immigrant issues has influenced her research, which focuses primarily on cultural competency and migration grief. She has been a speaker and panelist at many conferences locally and abroad, including the American Counseling Association Conference. Her presentation on migration grief was recently offered to graduate students at three universities in Latin America. Additionally, she has served in different capacities for a number of nonprofit organizations including the Latin American Association, The Boys & Girls Clubs of America and most recently as the Executive Director of the Hispanic Health Coalition of Georgia.