Our Therapists

My name is Amy and I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in the state of Oregon. I am passionate about my work, and my role as a therapist is to take a person-centered, strengths-based approach and provide my clients with a safe, accepting space for each client to explore their story and consider the next steps in their journey. I specialize in working with adults (18 and up) who have experienced trauma, are struggling with depression or anxiety, or who are dealing with life transitions or existential questions around identity and purpose. I work with clients to identify the therapeutic approaches and tools that they believe will be most effective for them to recover from past hurts and harms, make the changes they want for themselves, and create the meaning they want in their lives. 

As an integrative therapist, I draw from several different theories and modalities in this work, primarily Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), strengths- and attachment-based humanistic talk therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). Depending on a client's needs and preferences, I also sometimes use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) and motivational interviewing (MI) in therapy sessions as well.   

I earned my Master’s in Social Work from Portland State University in 2018 and spent two years in nonprofit management at the Sexual Assault Resource Center in Beaverton, Oregon, before transitioning into individual clinical work in 2020. Prior to and during my graduate studies, I worked and volunteered for nonprofit organizations providing services to survivors of domestic and sexual violence.