Amy Shuman, MSW, LICSW, DCSW

Amy Shuman is an independent Clinical Social Worker whose office in Northampton, MA sits about 30 minutes north of Bradley International Airport in northern Connecticut, making it an accessible base for clients traveling in for an intensive retreat. Across 30 years as a social worker, she has worked extensively with people facing a wide range of challenges, and she brings that depth of experience to every retreat she leads.

Her clinical work centers on people carrying a history of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse, neglect, trauma and complex trauma, general and social anxiety and panic, serious self-esteem issues, and attachment and relational struggles. She meets each person where they are, with the goal of helping them decrease or resolve distress that gets in the way of finding contentment in their present life.

Amy works primarily with a blend of two approaches: Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) and a heart-centered meditation practice called HeartMath. She has found this combination to be an ideal fit for people who want lasting relief, and she draws on additional tools including the Flash Technique, meditation, CBT, and a focus on somatic-emotional connections. Her aim is to help clients take significant steps toward healing, then carry that learning forward and integrate everything that has shifted during their time together.

She was trained by Laney Rosenzweig, the founder of ART, in November 2009 when Laney first began teaching others, and has since served as Laney's Lead Trainer, traveling the world to lecture and teach other clinicians. Amy has been a research assistant on many ART studies and is co-author of numerous professional journal articles, lead author of a chapter on ART in a recently published textbook for counseling graduate students, and the editor of Laney's autobiographical book. She has used ART with clients in private practice and as a University Mental Health Counselor since learning it in 2009.

Amy has received formal training to work with people who are transgender, non-binary, or who identify anywhere on the gender and sexual orientation spectrums, and she is a strong advocate for people of all races, sexes, genders, sexual orientations, ethnicities, and cultures. She welcomes the chance to talk through your situation, including your needs, goals, and challenges, and to explore together whether ART, HeartMath, and her approach are a good fit for you.