- Status
- Accepting new clients
- Sessions
- Virtual (secure video)
- Typical openings
- Weekday evenings · Weekends
- Fee
- $175 · 50-minute session
- Direct-billing plans
- Meridian Group Plans · Union Assurance
- Languages
- English
Free 15-minute intro call first — no commitment.
Trauma Therapist
Amara Whitfield, MA, LPC
she/her
“You survived by adapting. We honour the adaptations — then ask which ones you still need.”
Amara works with survivors of childhood and adult trauma, and with the anxious, perfectionist adults those childhoods often produce. Her approach pairs EMDR with parts work: steady, consent-based, and never faster than trust.
She practises virtually with evening and weekend hours, and is known for making video sessions feel unexpectedly close.
Works with
How Amara works
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Eye movement desensitisation & reprocessing
A structured, well-studied therapy that helps stuck memories lose their charge.
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Internal Family Systems (parts work)
Meet the different 'parts' of you — the critic, the pleaser, the protector — with curiosity instead of combat.
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Cognitive behavioural therapy
Notice the thought patterns that steer your mood — then test and loosen the unhelpful ones.
Training & credentials
- MA in Clinical Mental Health Counselling, Eastbrook University (fictional)
- EMDR trained · IFS Level 1
- Trauma-sensitive mindfulness certificate
