Hi, I’m Amy.

I am a Registered Aromatherapist (RA,CP), Holistic Grief Counselor (GC-C) and Gong Therapy Practitioner who uses Olfaction (Inhaled Essential Oils) and Vibration to address the emotions and imbalances that can arise in the face of grief, loss and significant transitions.

2020- Present - Watershed Wellbeing, Lambertville NJ

  • Registered Aromatherapist, Certified Grief Counselor, Certified Gong Therapy Practitioner, Gathering Facilitator (2023-Present)

  • Air BB Superhost, Lambertville, NJ (2020-2023)

  • Host, Breathing Room (Retreat Grant Program for Caregivers and Holistic Health Professionals) (2020-2023)

2023-Present

  • Support Group Facilitator, Good Grief, Princeton, NJ

2025-Present

  • Screening Committee Member, Arkhaios Film Festival

2014 - 2022 - Operations Manager, PTPVentures, Trenton, NJ

  • Film Finance and Production, E-Commerce and Commercial Data Analysis

2001 - 2017 — A Variety of Interesting Jobs

Journalism - Princeton Packet, Time Off(Staff Reporter - Art/Food/Culture), Trenton Times/Garden Plate/Advance Publications(Freelance)

Event Management/Curation/Special Projects - Arts Council of Princeton (Berenson Foundation), University Medical Center at Princeton (ArtFirst!) , Trenton Downtown Association (Gallery 219, Patriots Week) USCIS (New Citizens Swearing In Ceremony)

Culinary Services and Operations Management - Glenmede Trust Co., Princeton (In-House Chef/Events), Earth House, Millstone NJ - Orthomolecular Nutrition, Holistic Psychotherapy (Chef, Program Consultant), Cherry Grove Farm, Lawrenceville NJ - Farmstead Artisan Cheeses (Cheesemaker, Operations Consultant)

Professional Experience

Education and Training

Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

  • B.A., Art and Art History

American Folk Art Institute, NY, NY

  • American Visionary Art, Material Culture in American Communal Utopias

Institute Culinary Education, NY, NY

  • Professional Certification, Culinary Arts

Aromatherapy

  • ARC, Registered Aromatherapist

  • NAHA, Certified Professional Aromatherapist

The School for Aromatic Studies (Jade Shutes, Online)

  • Certification, Level 1 (Foundations, Anatomy/Physiology)

  • Other Coursework: (Live Online): Aromatics, Trauma and Resiliency, (Online): Botanical Body Products, Aromatics and Menopausal Skin Care, Intro to Hydrosols

Applied Aromatic Institute (Leiann King, Online/Live Online)

  • Certification, Level 2

Tisserand Institute (Robert and Hana Tisserand, Live Online)

  • AromaPsychology

  • Practical Aromatherapy (Dr. Jonathan Benavides)

Grief and Bereavement

American Institute Health Care Professionals (Dr. Dominick Flarey, Online)

  • Certification, Grief Counselor

Good Grief, Princeton, NJ (Live Onsite)

  • Facilitator Training Program, Support Group Facilitator

Department of Children and Families, State of NJ (Live Onsite)

  • Foundations of Trauma, Resilience and Healing-Centered Cultures Training

Participant Experience (Live Online):

  • Good Grief Network- 10 Steps to Resilience and Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate (Waterspirit NJ)

  • Grief Tending in Community (Sophy Banks, UK)

 Vocal, Somatic and Sound Studies

Linda Thai - Transgenerational Trauma (Online), The Voice Keeps Score (Live Online)

Mehtab Benton - Intro Gong Workshop (Live Onsite), Gong Therapy (Live Online)

Independent Vocal Study - Kathryn Gornik (Live), Ruth Ratliff (Online)

Community Singing Participant- (Live Onsite): Bronwyn Bird, Alexandra Blakely, Gaia Music Collective, Musica do Circulo, Jerusalem Youth Choir. (Live Online): Heather Houston, Saro Lynch-Thomasen