Amy Tevault
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Amy graduated from Northwestern University’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program with a Master of Arts in Counseling and a strong belief in the healing power of a therapeutic relationship. Individuals working with Amy can expect her to ask about the cultures, relationships, and experiences that have shaped their lives in conscious and unconscious ways.
Specialties
ADHD ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE ANXIETY DEPRESSION GRIEF WORK RELATED STRESS LIFE TRANSITIONS
Get to know Amy
Individuals who work with Amy have expressed that she is authentic, caring, and responsive to their needs (such as requests for feedback). Working with Amy might look like learning to make space for the ways in which your experiences — related to childhood, culture(s), imperfect systems of work, education, healthcare (to name a few) — have shaped you. It might also look like learning how our minds and bodies receive and respond to our experiences. Amy believes that having a deeper or more expansive understanding of how problems came to be can help reduce shame and increase motivation necessary for change to occur.
Whether you’re struggling with life transitions (from college, the military, a big move, etc) and/or big feelings, avoidance, perfectionism, people-pleasing, negative thought patterns, poor self-care habits, etc, Amy's goal is for you to feel empowered to notice and compassionately respond to signs of diminished mental health (such as trouble sleeping and loss of interest in hobbies) so you can feel confident in your ability to survive hardships and get on to thriving.
Amy’s own experiences as a client in psychotherapy have helped her to cope with a complicated personal loss, manage the anxiety of becoming a licensed foster (then adoptive) parent, keep perfectionism at bay, and establish healthier routines. Amy entered the mental health field as a “career jumper.” She completed her internship at Midwest Recovery and Wellness in Niles, Michigan where she treated adults and adolescents with acute and/or chronic mental health issues. Amy also has a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing (2009) and a Master of Arts in Literary Studies (2012) followed by nearly a decade of experience as a senior copywriter and brand developer. Amy resides with her husband, son, two dogs, and two cats. Outside of sessions, Amy enjoys being with family, reading, playing music, marveling at the existence of dogs, and dabbling in the kitchen.
