As a therapist, Amy is committed to a standard of excellence in her therapeutic professional and ethical responsibilities, and maintains integrity and respect in her work and for her clients. She is a compassionate and active listener, and messenger of hope for positive solutions that bring her clients the peace that they seek.
Amy’s mission is to promote the physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and intellectual wellness of her clients, with core values of integrity, respect and compassion.
Amy is a positive and active agent of engagement and transformation for her clients. Her clients quickly realize that therapy can be not only non-threatening, but life enhancing as they gain insight into their destructive patterns of behavior, and discover new strengths and power within themselves that enable them to embrace new life, a healthier way of being and acting, and improved sense of caring for themselves and others.
In therapy she draws on her professional education and extensive life experience, including a background in health sciences from Loyola University, her MSW with a specialization in clinical practice, and ongoing formal and informal studies in theology and spirituality. Combined, these assets allow her to make the mind-body-spiritual connection to approach therapy in a holistic manner (taking into account all of somebody's physical, mental, spiritual as well as social and environmental conditions), broadening the scope of a client’s therapeutic process.
With this comprehensive picture clients, with awareness, grow and change, create healthy patterns of thinking and behaving, claim new directions for themselves, choose new life scripts, make new decisions, and complete therapy with a clearer sense of self, increased self-esteem, confidence, and purpose for their lives, with their desired inner peace.
Amy was previously employed at Tulane University School of Social Work as Program Coordinator for the Porter-Cason Institute for Advancement of Family Practice.
Education:
MSW - St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO BS - Loyola University, New Orleans, LA
Licensure:
LCSW-BACS # 6583
Louisiana Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Board Approved Clinical Supervisor
granted by: Louisiana State Board of Social Work Examiners (LABSWE)
LMFT # 930
Louisiana Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Granted by: State of Louisiana Licensed Professional Counselors Board of Examiners
Professional Associations:
Member - NASW (National Association of Social Workers) - current
Member - NASW LA Chapter - current
Member - AAMFT (American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists) – current
Member - NACSW (National Association of Christian Social Workers) - current
