I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 15 years of experience providing mental health therapy in Moscow, Idaho.
I focus on serving children and their parents/caregivers by offering both individual and family sessions.
I utilize play, art, and facilitated communication in an environment of unconditional positive regard to improve relationships and increase feelings of self worth.
I am LGBTQ+ allied and neurodivergent affirming.
“Play is the child’s symbolic language of self-expression and can reveal what the child has experienced; their reactions and feelings about what was experienced; and what the child wishes, wants, or needs.”
― Garry L. Landreth
"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way – things I had no words for."
— Georgia O'Keeffe
“When we become parents we are given an incredible opportunity to grow as individuals because we ourselves are put back into an intimate parent-child relationship, this time in a different role.”
― Daniel J. Siegel
“Sand tray can be an embodied conversation between our inner world and outer awareness, held and witnessed by another... we have the opportunity to make contact with implicit memories that have no words."
― Bonnie Badenoch
Payment Options:
I will submit claims for insurance I am In-Network with which include Blue Cross of Idaho, Idaho Medicaid, and Regence BlueShield of Idaho
Credit/debit card (including HSA and FSA) required to be on file with clinician's EHR platform and will be charged for Private-Pay and Out-of-Network session fees, deductibles, co-pays, co-insurance, elective services, and late cancellation and no-show fees
If I am not In-Network with your insurance but you have Out-of-Network benefits I will provide you with a "superbill" (receipt) upon request so you can submit for reimbursment, however due to time constraints I can not interact directly with insurance that I am not In-Network with
Would you like to learn more about me and my services?
Please contact me at: amy@amynewsomecounseling.com