Meet Amy

Amy Gordon, MA, LGMFT, LMFTA

I became a therapist because I was already doing the work. I just didn't have the credentials yet. I grew up in a household shaped by medicine. My mother was a physician and my father a nurse. My first job was in an academic setting as a research assistant studying suicide and helping with clinical trials for depression medication. By night I volunteered in a Level 1 trauma ER, where I learned to walk through a curtain, meet a complete stranger at one of their worst moments, and make them feel comfortable. That's where something clicked.

I debated nursing school and PA training. But I kept noticing that what I actually wanted to do with patients was talk to them. Think with them. Understand the person underneath the diagnosis. Eventually, I found my way to marriage and family therapy, or maybe it found me.

I believe healing must occur within the whole context of a person's life. What we work through in sessions can be as diverse as your sleep environment, your nervous system, your relationship patterns, your sense of meaning and purpose, your spiritual life, or the political and cultural context you move through every day. In my mind, these things are not separate. And when given the chance, we work beyond merely reducing symptoms. The deeper work, the kind that gets skipped in settings bound by the medical model, is where lasting change actually lives.

My background in theater helped shape some of my clinical presence, long before I made it to graduate school. I understand the importance of presence, timing, and the ability to attune to a room. I work with a clear integrated theoretical framework. I am deeply inspired watching clients feel empowered to make authentic, aligned choices in their lives. That is what draws me to this work.

I'm originally from the greater Philadelphia area, which probably explains a few things about my communication style. I've moved eighteen times, lived on both coasts, and even spent three years in Japan. I have a deep appreciation and genuine curiosity for how people move through the world. I am a military spouse, a mom to an energetic preschooler, and custodian to a black cat called Binx. When not in session, I'm always rethinking my interior design choices, tending to my garden, singing (it's regulating, I stand by it), diving deep into my nonfiction reading list, or exploring new restaurants, museums, and architecture wherever I happen to land.