Meet Amanda

Our Work together

Therapy is a way of connecting to yourself and exploring your challenges in a safe and collaborative way. I understand the bravery it takes to show up in your vulnerability and I aim to provide a safe, non-judgmental, and compassionate space that cultivates courage over comfort in our work. I am trained as a trauma-informed, somatic psychotherapist, with a masters degree in counseling psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies.

As a somatic psychotherapist, I like to offer a space for the body and mind to connect. My work is also influenced by humanistic, relational, and psychodynamic modalities tailored to support your unique individual needs. My client-centered approach incorporates the whole being into session and I believe that you hold the innate wisdom to grow and heal yourself. My counseling style is collaborative, intuitive, strength-based and you may find me astute, curious, creative, humorous, flexible, and warm. I strive to possess cultural humility and understand the importance of our marginalized identities being seen and acknowledged in therapy.

I am also a certified yoga teacher, teen mentor, community mental health professional, school counselor, and returned Peace Corps Volunteer. My passion for therapy stems from a lifelong draw to nature, exploring, movement, and connection.

Clinical & Body-based Training

Somatic Embodiment and Regulation Strategies- Linda Thai

Clinical Supervisory Training

SPACE – Parent-Based Treatment for Child Anxiety and OCD- Dr. Eli Lebowitz 

Improving OCD Treatment-ERP

Healing the Fragmented Parts of Trauma Survivors – Janina Fisher 

Trauma and Somatic Experiencing – Peter Levine 

Polyvagal Theory – Stephen Porges

Reiki Level 1 – Christopher Tellez

200 hour Yoga Teacher Training (200 RYT)