Meet Amy
Amy DeSmidt, (she/her) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who takes a relational, collaborative, trauma-informed approach. She views therapy as a place of co-healing where clients can bring their authentic, vulnerable selves and be seen in their full humanity. She also believes that therapy is inherently socio-political, as our experiences and struggles are shaped by our cultural contexts, systems of oppression, and dominant narratives of our society. She centers this in her work with clients and holds space for the intense, messy, joyful, challenging, vulnerable, and transformative nature of the therapeutic process.
Amy is trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and Emotionally Focused Therapy. She attends to the impact of trauma, childhood attachment, systemic marginalization/inequity, and intergenerational family dynamics in her work. She partners with her clients to develop deeper insight into how their past informs their present, change old patterns that keep them confined, and ultimately, gain more access to their healthy, grounded Selves.
Amy identifies as white, cisgender, queer, and currently non-disabled. She finds joy in strong coffee, bodies of water, and small moments of profound connection with others. She currently works and lives in Philadelphia.