Hi, I’m Amy.

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

2020- Present - Watershed Wellbeing, Lambertville NJ

  • Registered Aromatherapist, Certified Grief Counselor, Gong 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

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

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)

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

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

Applied Aromatic Institute (Leiann King)

  • Certification, Level 2

Tisserand Institute (Robert and Hana Tisserand)

  • AromaPsychology

Grief and Bereavement

American Institute Health Care Professionals (Dr. Dominick Flarey)

  • Certification, Grief Counselor

Good Grief, Princeton, NJ

  • Facilitator Training Program, Support Group Facilitator

Participant Experience:

  • Good Grief Network- 10 Steps to Resilience and Empowerment in a Chaotic Climate

  • Grief Tending in Community- Sophy Banks

 Vocal, Somatic and Sound Studies

Linda Thai - Transgenerational Trauma, The Voice Keeps Score

Mehtab Benton - Intro Gong Workshop

Independent Vocal Study - Kathryn Gornik, Ruth Ratliff (Healing With Your Sacred Voice)

Community Singing Participant- Bronwyn Bird, Alexandra Blakely, Heather Houston, Saro Lynch-Thomasen, Gaia Music Collective, Musica do Circulo, Jerusalem Youth Choir

Education and Training