Amy Rose, our licensed therapist, hails from Louisiana where she received her Master of Social Work from Tulane University’s School of Social Work in New Orleans, LA in 2008. While pursuing her degree, Amy took a special interest in holistic psychology which includes the health of the entire individual as well as the family and systems from which the person is currently involved in and derives from. Amy spent a semester abroad in Dharamshala, INDIA working with Tibetan refugees in 2008, and has a love of differences in people and our interconnectedness with all beings.
She has been a licensed social worker since 2009 in Louisiana and Arizona. Amy is in the final stages of receiving her Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in both Arizona and Louisiana. Amy specializes in cognitive-behavioral therapy and emphasizes the “whole client,” exploring how trauma, attachment wounds, therapy, mindfulness, self-care, nutrition, exercise, spirituality, and other factors can be brought together for successful outcomes. Amy received her Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and Theatre from Northwestern State University in 2006. She has been a licensed social worker since 2009 in Louisiana, as well as Arizona.
Amy has continued to pursue and complete the requirements necessary for independent licensure, and as of Sept. 2024, Amy is officially a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
– EMDR Training and is finalizing her EMDR Certification from the EMDR Institute Inc.
– SMARTRecovery for Professionals Training and Certification from SMARTRecovery
– Theraplay Training and Certification from the Theraplay Institute, Inc.
Modalities practiced and Group Facilitating: Drama Therapy (RDT), Experiential therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS) – Parts work, Psychodrama, Poetry and Narrative Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), HeartMath, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT), SMARTRecovery, Dance and Movement Therapy (R-DMT/BC-DMT), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Contemplative Psychotherapy, and Jungian’s Shadow Exploration (often referred to Journey Work or Gremlin Work), Women’s Healthy Sexuality and Relationships.
Amy provides individual sessions focusing on the mind, body, soul, and spirit. In addition, she provides couple and family sessions as clients begin to bring closure to their time at Alternative to Meds Center (ATMC) and facilitates weekly groups that include process, understanding root causes, recovery tool time, and emotional release. She brings a sense of vulnerability and authenticity to her work at the ATMC while offering a safe space for clients to heal, thus helping guide them back home to their heart and supporting them in awakening to their true self. Amy has been working in trauma, addiction, and emotional recovery since 2009, applying her own experiences and endeavors in the world of complex trauma, yogic practices, somatic awareness, breathwork, self-realization, and depth psychology. She exhibits a broad spectrum of awareness around the root causes of addiction and the shame that many carry because of it.
In addition to her work as a Therapist, Amy has worked as a Bereavement and Grief Counselor, Women’s and Children’s Social Work Specialist, Inpatient and Outpatient treatment centers and a Boarding School Therapist and College Counselor at the University of New Orleans, Louisiana. Amy Rose also took a year off from Mental Health to study Naturopathic Medicine with Sonoran University of Health Sciences (formerly Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine & Health Sciences) in Tempe, AZ in 2012.
Amy Rose is known as an engaging, creative, strength-based and highly intuitive therapist. She challenges, motivates, and supports clients as they integrate their experiences and emotions toward healthier life choices and wholeness. She promotes autonomy, responsibility, and self-compassion through her warm, engaging approach and sense of humor, and believes authenticity, compassion, self-advocacy, and connection are the key ingredients to encouraging growth in her clients. Amy Rose’s warm, approachable southern style quickly endears her to Alternative To Meds Center, and her love of her work shows in every interaction. She is a seasoned therapist who believes therapy is a collaborative approach with the people she works with in their healing journey. She has a passion for holistic healing where the client is a person, not just a client. She has heart and spirit for helping facilitate the soul’s Journey to healing.
When not at Alternative To Meds Center, Amy Rose loves spending time hiking, backpacking, running, karaoke time, working in her yard, and building outdoor structures with her husband, Jason, their 11-year-old son, Matt, and their 2 dogs, Blitz & Buckley.
