Resilience Counseling

was born in San Diego to a military family and was raised all over the US before settling in Arkansas. She received both her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (2003) and her Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (2007) from Henderson State University. Her research and training is focused on empathy, trauma response, and clinician genu... ineness. Amy has been continually licensed as an Arkansas Licensed Professional Counselor, since 2007. Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling License # P1105028 She is invested in our communitys social health and volunteers for suicide prevention for our state and is passionate about changing personal, cultural and institutional attitudes in addressing the public health problems of mental illness and suicide through evidence based approaches, education, inclusion and compassion. Amys therapeutic approach is focused on nurturing wholeness, resiliency, and personal empowerment within a therapeutic framework heavily influenced by: Gestalt and Person Centered Counseling, Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). She is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, (EMDR), Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Attachment Based Family Therapy (ABFT), Progressive Relaxation and Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR) and also incorporates Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) in cases of persons struggling with chronic self harm and suicide. was born in Florida and grew up in the Dallas area before settling in Arkansas. He goes by Assadi (Uh-saw-dee). He received both his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (2006) and his Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (2009) from Henderson State University. He is currently finishing up his Doctorate in Higher Education-Student Affairs at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He is also Global Career Development Facilitator certified. His research focuses on depression and help seeking behaviors with a focus on ...Read More