Therapists in Salt Lake City, UT

Dr. Ami Owen received her undergraduate degree in Social Science and a minor in Psychology. She received her Master’s in General Family Therapy with an advanced emphasis on families and trauma. Dr. Owen also received a Doctorate in Counseling and is a Clinically Certified Trauma Professional. She is licensed in UT, ID, WA, AZ, TX, FL, CA, and is a nationally approved supervisor through the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (AAMFT). She takes delight in mentoring therapists on the complexities of family systems and consults with providers across the country to improve systems approaches.

The healing process of therapy can reduce suffering as well as being a process of discovering one's authentic self. Developing self-awareness and acceptance, working through the roots of your personal problems, making lasting and powerful changes, and finding meaning and richness in your life is an empowering process that I am so grateful and honored to be a part of. The approach I use is effective for depression, anxiety, issues of trauma and abuse, relationship concerns, and connection with yourself and others. I believe that each individual has unique strengths and talents and the capacity to find answers for healing within.

After living and working in UT for 17 years, I have relocated to CA and am providing telehealth, with in person visits every 6 weeks. I have 20 years experience treating eating disorders and work within multidisciplinary teams to provide a high level of care, outpatient. My practice has consistently been 95+% eating disorder clients, who also present with anxiety, depression, self-harm and related behaviors, PTSD and/or relational trauma. I approach eating disorder treatment with a strong focus on both physiological and emotional recovery, and am able to treat those with mild to severe eating disorders within the outpatient setting.

I'm here to support you on your healing journey with trauma, grief, and loss. Trauma impacts us in many ways and can have lasting impacts into our adulthood. Sometimes when we experience a traumatic event our minds and bodies process it on their own. Other times things get a little sticky and we need to find ways to encourage the expression of that energy. In addition to offering multiple healing modalities, I'm here to have open conversations about and integration of experiences involving an expanded state of awareness.

At Amethyst Center for Healing we are dedicated to helping individuals, families, and communities recover from trauma and abuse, so that we may all live peaceful, empowered lives. We understand that sometimes people go through things that never should have happened and that those circumstances can be damaging for everyone involved. As trauma informed, solution oriented therapists, we will explore your circumstances with you and help you find a plan for what is going to work best to get you moving forward to the healthy, productive life you want to live.

Do you find yourself struggling with self-defeating thoughts, sad and anxious feelings, and behaviors that don't seem to bring you much joy? Do you feel stuck? Well, this can happen to anyone, even therapists. (And it's important to work with a therapist who has done their own therapy.) There's no shame in getting help. It's a sign of being real with yourself and a sign of strength to reach out for help.

The relationship between a therapist and client is one of the most important parts of the therapeutic process. I try to create an environment of safety and trust through a caring and supportive therapeutic relationship, giving empathetic feedback and an outside perspective. I work with people with depression, anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, PTSD, substance abuse, dysfunctional family relationships, boundary setting problems, spiritual transition, LGBTQ + or cultural trauma, career transition (and many others). Please call or email me today and we can begin the work of healing by processing through thoughts, behaviors, and feelings.

My approach is seen through a cultural lens that validates and normalizes your lived experiences and humanity. I am here to be a conduit for your healing journey by recognizing the wear and tear societal pressures may inflict on your mind and body. My work centers Black & POC individuals, couples, and families who struggle to create harmonious relationships with themselves and others due to learned dysfunctional patterns and intergenerational trauma from systemic inequities (familial, cultural, and societal).

Hi and Welcome! I am honored to be your guide to healing and to help you get through life and whatever obstacles may be in the way. As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) & Certified Addiction Treatment Counselor (CATC), I'm pretty awesome at inspiring change by empowering you, helping you identify strengths and celebrating your efforts. We work together, from a client-centered venue, to process, create goals and cultivate your ideal self.

I am trained in the "Best-Practice" and "Evidence-Based" trauma modality, Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing. I enjoy treating people with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Domestic Abuse, Panic, Phobia's and Mood Disorders. It is my goal to educate and equip all my clients with tools that will empower them to improve their mental health. I use traditional therapeutic techniques like :CBT, EMDR, Client-Centered, etc. but I also intertwine holistic approaches like: yoga, mineral oils, diet, exercise, meditation, etc. I look forward to meeting you and helping you through your path to peace, happiness and health.

Are you struggling with complex trauma, chronic stress, anxiety, depression, life transitions? Is your body storing pain? Are you questioning your purpose, career, relationships? Are you searching for balance? Is work or family obligations stressing you? Are you feeling disorganized, and your criticizing thoughts are getting in your way? Have you held onto a dysfunctional narrative of who you are? Self-discovery is a powerful means to uncovering your full potential. The relationship starts with yourself. The healing journey is defined by you creating a life you want to live as I work as an aid, the vessel to help.

My area of expertise is in stress- and trauma-related symptoms, namely posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and suicidality. Stress and trauma can shift our entire worldview and our sense of safety and trust, our confidence and competency, and sometimes makes us feel we no longer 'fit' where we used to. This can effect every aspect of our lives. I will serve as a sounding board, to help identify your "why" and your "what," to access and troubleshoot any roadblocks along the journey, then provide strength-based, trauma-focused support to reach your specific goals and help you to build a life you truly want to live.

Most of us have some type of trauma in our lives. Some times we don't recognize we have been experiencing trauma until symptoms show up. The Therapists at Redwood Therapy Group have specialized training and experience in helping move through the trauma.

The team at A New Direction understands that individuals come to a point in their lives when change is needed. We are here to offer the support, resources and skills to accommodate a healthy lifestyle while working on "the self" to incorporate needed changes that lead to a productive life. We specialize in mental health, addiction and trauma related issues. We have a variety of modalities to reach each person where he/she is now, allowing an individualized approach to recovery and/or wellness.

I specialize in working with families, children, teens and young adults, and adults, both in person and tele-health. As my client, you and I will develop a therapeutic relationship and build upon your strengths by meeting you where you are at currently with your mental wellness. I will help you identify an outcome and help you stay focused on that healthy outcome. My therapeutic approach is person centered where I will allow you to identify healthy strategies to improve their situation. I also enjoy using a CBT approach to help clients reframe their mind and normalize situations they are experiencing.

Are you feeling angry? Maybe in the dumps with little motivation? Is your mind often scattered or confused? Paralyzed by worry? Do you often experience conflict in relationships which mean the most to you? Does it seem like regardless of the efforts you make, returns are minimal to none? I have built my practice helping others reconnect to their innate place of clarity and well-being, to then resume life guided by their self-power and wisdom, experiencing a true satisfaction and success.

Do you have previous treatment trauma? Had a bad experience with the traditional service delivery system? Need help de-consuming from unhelpful consumables including psych meds? Looking for Medical Cannabis? Ready for more holistic health and wellness? Are you experiencing signs of unresolved trauma, loss/grief, or shame? OBH is a liberation clinic, that is anti-racist, and focuses on the underlying traumas related to health & abilities, gender, sexuality, race, immigration, religion, etc. that forms to express as anxiety, depression, bi-polar disorder, addiction, and ADHD. We can help with FMLA and student registration appeals.

Greetings! As a provider who marches to the beat of a slightly different drum, I have been known in some circles as "That Biker Therapist" which was derived from my tendency to be found on the highways and mountain roads of Utah when I am out of the office doing my version of "self-care" and meditation with blacktop and wind therapy. I started out in Corrections and then to Outpatient as I found it to be personally rewarding to help others before or after being in the judicial system. My areas I have spent most of my career working with addiction, trauma and depression/anxiety.

Change - "Why do I need to change, how can I manage change, but I have always done it this way." Novelist and critic Marcel Proust talks about discovery and "learning to see with new eyes". I am an MFT and CADC II using cognitive behavior techniques to manage thoughts, feelings and behavior in my client centered practice. I believe change is not something to fear but something to embrace. I work with life transitions and the changes it brings to relationships, employment, religious beliefs, life stages and I am certified in Addiction Counseling.