Amelia De Jesus

Amelia is a Licensed Social Worker with experience supporting children, adolescents, and adults across a variety of clinical settings. Through her experience in hospital settings, residential treatment, children’s rehabilitation services, and community mental health care, Amelia has developed a strong understanding of the complex emotional, behavioral, and environmental stressors individuals and families may face. She works with clients navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, chronic illness, academic challenges, ASD, grief and loss, and major life transitions. With a warm, compassionate, and down-to-earth approach, Amelia creates a safe, non-judgmental space where clients feel comfortable being themselves, openly processing their experiences, and working toward meaningful change.

Her approach combines insight-oriented exploration rooted in psychodynamic therapy, with evidence-based strategies that help clients better understand their patterns, build healthy coping skills, and navigate life with greater confidence and emotional balance. She integrates modalities including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing to create a collaborative and personalized therapeutic experience.

When working with children and adolescents, she incorporates play-based and creative interventions to support emotional expression, behavioral concerns, social development, academic stress, and family or peer relationships. She understands the importance of creating a therapeutic environment that feels engaging, supportive, and developmentally appropriate for younger clients.

Amelia values building genuine therapeutic relationships grounded in empathy, trust, collaboration, and respect. She is passionate about helping clients recognize and leverage their own strengths to reach the goals and quality of life they strive for. Her goal is to support clients in building resilience, increasing self-awareness, and developing the tools needed to navigate life’s challenges while creating a life that feels meaningful, balanced, and fulfilling to them."