Amy Shuman, MSW, LICSW, DCSW
Location: Northampton, MA | East Granby, CT
I am an independent Clinical Social Worker and my approach with clients is to co-create our therapeutic process, using the guidance of my education and experience.
I use a blend of two approaches: Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and a heart-felt meditation practice called HeartMath. I have observed that this combination is an ideal approach for people who want to decrease or resolve distress that effects their ability to find contentment in their present life.
My goal is to help you to take significant steps toward bringing yourself to a state of mind-body-spirit that is more open, peaceful, flexible and resilient, and from this new height, to continue your personal work going forward and integrating all that has been learned and transformed during our time together.
My 30 years as a social worker has brought me the opportunity to do many things, and I have worked extensively with people and their challenges including a history of physical, emotional and sexual abuse, neglect, trauma and complex trauma, general and social anxiety and panic, serious self esteem issues, attachment and relational issues and others.
I am also a certified therapist (WPATH) to work with people who are transgender, non-binary or identify anywhere on the gender and/or sexual orientation spectrums. I am a White, Jewish cis-gender, pansexual woman and I am a strong advocate for people of all races, sexes, genders, sexual orientations, ethnicities and cultures.
I was trained by Laney Rosenzweig, the founder of ART, when she first started to teach others in November 2009. Since then I have been Laney’s Lead Trainer and have traveled the world with her, lecturing and teaching other clinicians. I have been a research assistant for many of the studies and am co-author of many professional journal articles. I was lead author of a chapter on ART in a recently published textbook for counseling graduate students. I was the Editor for Laney’s autobiographical book entitled “Too Good To Be True?” I have been using ART with clients that I have seen in private practice and as a University Mental Health Counselor since learning ART in 2009.
I look forward to talking to you about your situation including your needs, goals and challenges and whether or not ART, HeartMath and I can be a good fit for you!