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Amy is a warm, attentive, and solution-focused therapist. She has a strengths-based, anti-oppression social justice perspective and will use a variety of modalities to assist clients. Amy will work with you to build skills that strengthen your wellbeing, enhance communication, and increase your understanding of how your environment has impacted you as an individual, family member, and community member.
For many years, Amy worked with people healing from past traumatic experiences, identity-based conflict, generational trauma, and the loss of loved ones to violence. She works with adults with many different racial, gender, religious, sexual orientation identities and is passionate about working with white women who are invested in increasing their racial identity awareness and processing the ways that white supremacy shows up in their lives and work.
Amy received her Bachelor’s degree from Columbia College with a self-designed major called, “Unequally Empowered People of the United States of America” which focused on power and privilege. She got her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Columbia University. Amy worked in the nonprofit sector for over 20 years, focusing on violence prevention, community building, and youth development prior to creating a private practice.
Amy is currently offering virtual sessions, with daytime and evening availability.
Years of Experience: 24 years
Supervisor: Leslie M. Faerstein(LCSW PR015207)
Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)
Work stress - Managing overwhelming stress and expectations; increasing effective ways of restoring and maintaining emotional stability and health; addressing challenging relationships with coworkers and bosses
Depression - Providing support and promoting healing of hopelessness, low motivation and energy, sadness, irritability, sleep disturbance, and loss of interest and pleasure in life
Race & cultural identity - Exploring topics of racial, cultural, and ethnic background as it relates to one’s family origins and personal identity
Existential crisis & challenges - Supportive exploration of meaning and purpose in one’s life; finding one’s path in the face of existential anxiety, dread, and feelings of meaninglessness
Please note that at this time, I'm unable to accept Medicare or Medicaid plans.
Frequency of sessions this provider offers to see clients once you are an established client.