About Amy
Your therapist in Athens, Ohio
I've always been curious about people.
Why do intelligent, capable, successful people continue repeating patterns they desperately want to change? Why do some women spend years feeling anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck, even when they seem to have everything together on the outside?
Where they come from, what they've been through and what their lives look like day to day.
These are the questions that led me to become a therapist over twenty years ago, and they’re the same questions that continue to guide my work today.
Why do clients come to me for therapy?
Many of my clients come to therapy defining their problem as anxiety, relationship conflict, burnout, food struggles, ADHD, OCD, or low self-esteem. While those concerns are very real, I often find there is a deeper story underneath. Together, we explore the experiences, relationships, beliefs, and survival strategies that developed long before the symptoms appeared.
I work with women who have spent years caring for everyone but themselves. Women who feel responsible for keeping the peace. Women who struggle with perfectionism, people-pleasing, overthinking, emotional eating, body image concerns, or feeling like they can never quite do enough. Many are beginning to realize that growing up with emotionally immature parents, an absent father, a critical parent, family dysfunction, trauma, or undiagnosed neurodivergence shaped the way they learned to navigate the world.
I also work with individuals struggling with OCD, anxiety, ADHD, trauma, eating disorders, body image concerns, substance use, and major life transitions. Many of my clients tell me that one of the most relieving moments in therapy is finally telling their story, and understanding why their brain does what it does. When things begin to make sense, healing becomes possible.
My approach is warm, collaborative, and practical. I am not the kind of therapist who silently nods and says very little. I ask questions. I get curious. I help you connect the dots.
Depending on your needs, I may incorporate EMDR, parts work, attachment-based therapy, mindfulness, CBT, DBT, narrative therapy, and nervous system regulation techniques. Every client is different, and I believe therapy should be tailored to the person sitting in front of me rather than forcing everyone into the same approach.
I know what it is like to do hard things
I am a wife, mother of three, entrepreneur, and lifelong student of growth and healing. Therapy changed my own life and taught me lessons I could never have learned from a textbook alone. Some of the most meaningful insights I bring into the therapy room came from my own willingness to look honestly at myself, challenge old patterns, and continue growing.
It’s to understand yourself more deeply, heal what needs healing, and create a life that feels more authentic, connected, and aligned with who you truly are.
If you’re ready to get to the root of what’s keeping you stuck, I’d be honored to walk alongside you.