Hey y’all! I’m Amanda. I reside in Denver with my two pups, Pepper and Tito, and my 80+ plants. I’m originally from Michigan, but have called Colorado home since 2009. I graduated with my bachelors in Social Work in 2009 and received my masters in Social Work in 2015. I because an LCSW in 2020…
I am a season social worker with a variety experience working in the home, in residential settings, inpatient psychiatry and most recently and private practice. I have also worked as an adjunct instructor and I enjoy speaking to groups. I enjoy learning and sharing what I have learned to help others to develop.
I have 10+ years of experience in the field, ranging from community mental health to substance use to inpatient psych to intake to police work. I believe you can be a social worker and have good life-work balance; I also don’t think that burnout is inevitable. I love working with clients and professionals alike, and…
I have been in the field of social work since receiving my BSW in 2016 from Madonna University in Livonia, MI just outside of Detroit. There I served as the Phi Alpha Honor Society President and won the NASW Student of the Year Award. One year later, I graduated with my MSW being in Madonna…
I have dedicated the past eleven years of my career to growth within the trauma world, starting with an internship working for the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, moving through in-home and outpatient work, several years working in acute mental health crisis in Emergency Departments and various at-risk communities, and then moving into private practice.…
Connection is one of the most important and fundamental parts of being human. We need connection. Connection with ourselves, with others and with our communities. A lack of appropriate connection leads to depression, anxiety, suicide, substance abuse, etc. This understanding is the basis for my therapeutic work and my clinical supervision work. My approach to…
