about heather

Heather Boorman-Morris, LCSW is the founding director of Boorman Counseling in Western Wisconsin.  She specializes as a trauma therapist and is an internationally recognized provider, speaker, and advocate for neurodiverse children and adults. 

Heather’s work with neurodiversity was acknowledged by SENG (Supporting the Emotional Needs of the Gifted), when she was awarded the Mental Health Professional of the Year in 2019. Heather is the author of The Gifted Kids Workbook, writes & podcasts about raising differently wired kids at The Fringy Bit reBoot, and attempts to keep her sanity while parenting & homeschooling her own joyfully intense gifted and twice exceptional kids.

Heather has been expanding her work into the field of recovery from narcissistic abuse and helping people identify the more covert manipulations and psychologically abusive strategies perpetrators can use. In particular, she is writing, speaking, and podcasting at Starting Stronger to help re-envision society’s understanding of who is targeted by narcissists, to reframe the questions and conversations around abuse to be less victim-blaming, and to help others learn to trust themselves and relationships again.

Heather’s newest book, A Thousand Paper Cuts, was released January 2024. In it, she shares her story and gives readers an insider’s perspective to life as a target of narcissistic abuse and steps to attain freedom.