Amy Studer (She/Zir)

Amy is sex positive (which includes support ACE folks) and has been attending teaching BDSM conferences and events for the last 10 years. She has experience working with clients (14-85) in the community and those interested in exploring platonic and intimate kinks. She has additional experience identifying accommodations for disabilities and changing abilities over a life time.

Amy and has been attending teaching Ethical/consensual non-monogamy conferences and events for the last 10 years. She has experience working with clients (10-85) in the community and those interested in exploring non-monogamy, learning terminology, transitioning relationship dynamics, opening yourself up to dating, and how to break up or transition with out destroying a friendship.

Amy has worked with queer/LGBT+ individuals for the last 15 years from ages 10-90 on issues such as exploring your identity, coming out, transitioning, processing and over coming religious trauma, setting boundaries with family members, accommodations in the work place, identifying community support, socializing and dating, and aging. In addition, Amy frequently works with family members or partners learning acceptance and processes perception/expectations they had for their loved ones life.

Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) is a strength-based approach to psychotherapy based on solution-building rather than problem-solving. This approach concentrates on how your current circumstances and future hopes, instead of focusing on past causes.

CCT is designed for couples who may be struggling with patterns of conflict in their relationship. The focus of CCT is helping partners work together in a collaborative way to solve problems and improve their relationship in the process. CCT therapists see a fight between partners as an opportunity for a conversation.

DBT aims to help people create lives worth living. For treatment with DBT to be considered comprehensive, it needs to include all four of these modes of treatment, including: • Individual therapy to enhance motivation • Skills groups to enhance capabilities • Phone coaching to generalize skills to natural environment • Consultation team meetings to enhance therapist motivation and capability

DBT aims to help people create lives worth living. For treatment with DBT to be considered comprehensive, it needs to include all four of these modes of treatment, including: • Individual therapy to enhance motivation • Skills groups to enhance capabilities • Phone coaching to generalize skills to natural environment • Consultation team meetings to enhance therapist motivation and capability

DBT aims to help people create lives worth living. For treatment with DBT to be comprehensive, it needs to include all four of these modes of treatment: • Individual therapy to enhance motivation • Skills groups to enhance capabilities • Phone coaching to generalize skills to natural environment • Consultation team meetings to enhance therapist motivation and capability

The goals of Gottman Method Couples Therapy are to disarm conflicting verbal communication; increase intimacy, respect, and affection; remove barriers that create a feeling of stagnancy; and create a heightened sense of empathy and understanding within the context of the relationship. Interventions are designed to help couples strengthen their relationships in three primary areas: friendship, This is a free quiz to help get an idea of your relationship connection. Gottmanconnect.com/quiz-stage