Amy Schimmel is a licensed clinical social worker with a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Northern Arizona University and a master’s degree in social work from Arizona State University. She specializes in trauma work with youth and families, and has advanced training in treatment of sexual abuse, sexual behavior problems, EMDR, and play therapy with a focus on humanistic and child centered approaches. During her time as a therapist she has worked to provide trauma informed and strengths based services to vulnerable populations including youth and families involved in the child welfare system and survivors of sexual abuse and trafficking. She has worked with the office of Sex Trafficking Intervention Research on several projects including research, education, and facilitation of groups in the community. She is a member of the Arizona Association of Play Therapy and a Registered Play Therapist Supervisor. She currently works as a child and family therapist and supervisor in the Phoenix area. Amy enjoys teaching at ASU and strives to inspire her students to find what excites them about social work practice.