Amy C. Storey

I provide psychoanalytically informed psychotherapy to adults. My style tends to be warm and engaging. I think of therapy as a co-created relationship with the goal of assisting the client with finding meaning and navigating the difficulties of living. I work well with individuals suffering from the effects of trauma; developmental trauma; physical, emotional and sexual abuse; pathological accommodation; abandonment and loss. My clients present with symptoms of PTSD, anxiety, panic attacks, depression, shame, grief, and issues pertaining to identity and relatedness, among others. I enjoy working with people in the arts. I believe that the therapeutic relationship is potentially curative in itself. I strive to create a safe space built upon respect and trust within which to explore mutual vulnerabilities. I am drawn to creative processes and use non-verbal forms such as imagery, dream and metaphor to access painful and otherwise inaccessible feelings and memories. I have over twenty yea