Amy Torn, LMFT

Amy Torn is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 25 years of clinical experience helping children, teens, and adults navigate anxiety, stress, relationship challenges, grief, trauma, and life transitions. She brings a strong foundation in cognitive behavioral therapy alongside an emphasis on mindfulness, self-compassion, and holistic practices. Her training also includes Internal Family Systems and Motivational Interviewing, and she integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, solution-focused strategies, and client-centered work depending on each person’s needs.

Amy invites people to develop greater self-acceptance, let go of limiting or distressing beliefs, and discover meaning and possibility within difficult experiences. She approaches counseling collaboratively and research-informed, offering a calm listening presence and thoughtful questions that promote self-exploration and practical change. She has particular expertise supporting teens and adults with anxiety and those seeking to build self-compassion and healthier self-regard.

In addition to clinical work, Amy supports individuals and families affected by chronic illness or other physical challenges, and she brings experience addressing caregiver stress, codependency, attachment difficulties, and family-of-origin patterns. Her wider areas of focus include parenting, career concerns, addiction, compassion fatigue, and issues facing LGBT clients. She weaves both Western and Eastern spiritual perspectives into therapy for clients who find those approaches meaningful.

Outside of counseling, Amy also practices astrology and Reiki and offers dream interpretation using a research-based model developed at the University of Maryland. She enjoys caring for several animal companions, studying Spanish, meditating, hiking, and baking vegan cookies. Amy has practiced in Southern California for many years and now lives in Southwestern Pennsylvania. As an LMFT she holds a professional license that reflects specialized training in marriage and family therapy.