Hello! I am a California-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, with 25 years of experience counseling children, teens, and adults. I have trained and practiced extensively as a cognitive-behavioral therapist, and I also have a passion for mindfulness, self-compassion, and holistic approaches for greater well-being. I draw from Internal Family Systems and Motivation Interviewing, as well.
In counseling, I invite people to cultivate greater self-acceptance; release themselves from the burden of limiting, distressing beliefs; and find meaning and opportunity in challenging experiences. It is very possible to be free from suffering!
I offer a compassionate, research-based, and collaborative approach to counseling – as well as Eastern and Western Spiritual perspectives to those who may be interested. I love to listen deeply and to offer questions for self-exploration, also.
I have a passion and specialty in assisting teens and adults who are experiencing anxiety, as well as those who wish to be more loving/accepting of themselves.
I also have a strong interest in supporting individuals with chronic illnesses or other physical challenges, as well as their loved ones.
My other professional roles are as an astrologer and a Reiki (Japanese energy healing) practitioner. I also offer dream interpretation sessions, utilizing a research-based model developed at the University of Maryland.
In my free time, I care for several animal friends, study German New Medicine and Spanish, hike, and bake. I lived in Southern California for two decades and now reside in Pennsylvania.
Thank you for viewing my site. It will be a joy to connect with you!
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Amy Torn is a California-licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 25 years of experience supporting children, teens, and adults. She has extensive training and practice in cognitive-behavioral therapy and brings a strong interest in mindfulness, self-compassion, and holistic approaches to foster greater well-being.
She also incorporates elements of Internal Family Systems and Motivation Interviewing into her work. In counseling she invites people to develop greater self-acceptance, release limiting and distressing beliefs, and discover meaning and opportunity within difficult experiences. She holds a hopeful stance that freedom from suffering is possible.
Amy offers a compassionate, research-based, and collaborative approach, and she shares Eastern and Western spiritual perspectives for those who are interested. She listens closely and asks questions that promote self-exploration.
She has a particular passion and specialty in working with teens and adults who are experiencing anxiety and with people who want to be more loving and accepting of themselves. She is also interested in supporting individuals living with chronic illnesses or other physical challenges, as well as their loved ones.
Beyond clinical practice, Amy works as an astrologer and as a Reiki practitioner. She provides dream interpretation sessions using a research-based model developed at the University of Maryland.
In her free time she cares for several animal friends, studies German New Medicine and Spanish, hikes, and bakes. She lived in Southern California for two decades and now resides in Pennsylvania. She welcomes connections and looks forward to meeting new clients.
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