Heidi Straube, M.Ed., LPC, is a photographer and transformational life counselor. Integrating her experience of twenty years in meditative practices, including Zen and yogic traditions, with twenty years as a career/life direction counselor and contemplative psychotherapist, she has helped people to make life changes and transitions by honoring the deeper, spiritual self. She applies these same principles in her work as a professional photographer and teacher as she honors the spirit within through visual expression.

Heidi has exhibited in the international photography expositions, Recontres International de la Photographie 2001, Aix-en-Provence, France; Houston FotoFest 2000, the Dominican Republic, and Houston Women's Institute, and the Houston Public Libraries. She specializes in fine art, natural light portraiture (with special expertise in black & white), as well as contemplative approaches to seascapes.
 
"The Inner Path of Photography," a class to enhance the intuitive, mystical path of photographers (of all skill levels), improving their pictures and their lives, and "You are the Artist of Your Life," for adults and teens to explore and create life direction, whether in career, relationship, or lifestyle change, are two examples of the classes and personal retreats that Heidi leads.
 
Heidi is the author of the photo book "I Dream of Galveston," her images capturing the
peacefulness, fragile beauty, and silent gracefulness of the sea, children, and adults at
Galveston, Texas beaches. Her unique work as a photographer/psychotherapist has been
featured in the Houston Chronicle.