Jessica Amaral MSW

Jessica Amaral (SHE/HER) is a social worker, trauma therapist, and veteran specializing in complex trauma, attachment wounds, relational healing, and personal transformation. Jessica works from a client-centered approach, believing that every individual has the innate capacity for healing and growth. She views her role not as someone who fixes others, but as a guide and witness who helps clients reconnect with their own resilience, wisdom, and authentic selves.

Jessica is pursuing EMDR certification and integrates trauma-informed, attachment-focused, and neuroscience-based approaches into her work. She draws from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, somatic interventions, and IFS-informed parts work, while maintaining a particular interest in the evolving fields of psychedelic-assisted therapy and post-traumatic growth. Her approach is tailored to each client's unique experiences, strengths, and goals.

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Jessica believes that healing happens within the context of safe, meaningful relationships. She is passionate about helping clients understand attachment patterns, heal relational wounds, and develop a deeper connection with themselves and others. At the heart of her work is the belief that humans are wired for connection and that relationships can be one of our greatest sources of both pain and healing.

As a lifelong learner, Jessica remains committed to integrating evolving research and best practices into her clinical work. She is particularly passionate about the intersection of trauma recovery, neuroscience, psychedelics, and holistic healthcare.

Outside of clinical practice, Jessica advocates for veterans through her work in disability and benefits representation and is passionate about expanding access to healing-centered care. She believes therapy is not simply about reducing symptoms, but about helping people build lives rooted in meaning, connection, authenticity, and joy.