Behavioral
Health Director/
Certified EMDR Therapist/
Mental Health Counselor
Amy is our Behavioral Health Director with Tucker Day Report. Amy initially began her formal education with Davis & College where she received a Bachelor of Art degree in Psychology and Human Services as well as a Bachelor of Art degree in Sociology in 1998. She began her career as a case manager with a licensed behavioral health center in 1998-2001 and worked as an academic advisor for Davis & College from 2001-2002 while earning her Master of Art degree in counseling through West Virginia University in 2002. Amy began her counseling career at a licensed behavioral health facility as a Nationally Certified Counselor where she served as a Senior/Mentoring Therapist providing supervision to those who were receiving training in TF-CBT and providing counseling to juveniles who experienced trauma from 2003-2008. During that time in 2005, Amy became a WV Licensed Professional Counselor and is also an Approved Licensed Professional Supervisor. Amy then went on to work for a private practice, which led to Amy opening and operating her own private practice from 2010-2017. From 2017-2018, Amy worked for a Federally Qualified Health Care Center as their Behavioral Health Director where she was instrumental in developing their behavioral health program, including a Medically Assisted Treatment Program and school-based services. Amy is not a stranger to the criminal justice system as she initially served as a contracted therapist with Tucker Day report from 2012-2018.
In 2018 she became a full-time therapist with Tucker Day Report where she directed the establishment of their current behavioral health program and has been with them ever since. Amy also served as president of the Tucker County Community Corrections board from 2014-2018. Amy has a passion for those struggling with substance abuse issues and due to a lack of support groups in her community, she established a Celebrate Recovery program in 2017 and has served as the ministry leader since that date. Amy has also taken on the role of Celebrate Recovery State Representative, helping others in the state to establish these programs in their local communities. In addition, Amy has a desire to help those who have experienced trauma which led her to complete her basic training requirement in Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in August 2021 and in December of 2022 became a certified EMDR therapist. In 2023-2024, Tucker Day Report engaged in a pilot program for Sexual Offenders across the state of WV. Amy directed the development of this program and received extensive training in working with this population and is now a Certified Sex Offender Treatment Provider. Since 2019, Amy has also served as a board member of her local Sexual Assault Response Team. Overall, Amy has over 25 years of experience in the behavioral health field and has received formal training in many areas including, but not limited to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client Centered Play Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with a focus in faith based principles, Crisis Intervention, Relationship Enhancement Therapy, Action Commitment Therapy, Substance Abuse, EMDR, Polyvagal, Sex Offender Assessment, working within the justice system etc.