Amy is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas and a Licensed Marriage
and Family Therapist in California and Texas and a board approved supervisor
for both licensures. Her 19 years of experience focuses on
relationship-based psychotherapy and multidisciplinary service, working with
children, adolescents, teens, adults, couples and families. Amy is
also a Certified Telemental Health Provider, Certified Clinical Anxiety
Treatment Professional, and Prepare/Enrich certified and trained in couples and parenting assessments. Before
starting her private practice, Amy was Founding Executive Director of the
Nick Finnegan Counseling Center, a non-profit counseling center in Houston,
Texas. Amy was also the Clinical Program Manager for an Early Intervention
and Prevention 0-5 Year-Old program at River Oak Center for Children in
Sacramento, California. Amy started her counseling work at Texas Children’s
Hospital in Houston during her graduate work at the University of Houston
where she earned a Master’s of Education in Counseling Psychology. Amy is a
member of Association for Play Therapy and Texas Association for Play
Therapy, American Counseling Association and American Association of
Marriage and Family Therapists and Texas Association of Marriage and Family
Therapists.
Amy’s expertise in diverse topics has been called on by KPRC News, KRIV Fox
26 News, The Houston Chronicle, The Examiner Newspapers, New Braunfels
Herald-Zeitung, and other news outlets.
Licenses
Texas
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Supervisor (TX MFT 201270) Licensed
Professional Counselor, Supervisor (TX LPC 64545)
California
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (CA BBS MFC 42975)
Education
2011 Board Approved Supervisor for Licensed Marriage and Family
Therapy and Licensed Professional Counseling
2002 Master of Education Counseling Program in Educational Psychology,
University of Houston, Houston, Texas
2000 Child Development
Certification, National Association of Early Childhood
Educators
1998 Bachelor of Arts, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
Certifications
Certified Telemental Health Provider
Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional
Prepare/Enrich Facilitator
