About Amy Williams

I'm Amy Williams, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Certified Yoga Teacher based in Milford, Massachusetts. I work with women and female-embodied individuals healing from complex trauma (C-PTSD), burnout, sexual trauma (including childhood sexual abuse), and birth trauma, through Somatic Experiencing, trauma-sensitive yoga, and an integrative, body/mind approach to healing. I offer sessions in person and virtually across Massachusetts.

I used to think becoming a trauma therapist was simply a calling. Then I worked as an ongoing social worker with the Department of Children and Families, sitting in living rooms and kitchens with children and families carrying the weight of abuse and neglect. What I witnessed there shaped me forever, and turned a calling into a commitment.

Yet, even after finishing graduate school, I still felt unequipped to actually help people through trauma. So I kept digging. Lo and behold, the answers emerged not from within textbooks and classrooms but rather in my body and on my yoga mat.

Becoming a Certified Yoga Teacher, specializing in yoga for emotional health and healing, taught me how the nervous system moves through every part of our lives. It changed how I saw myself, too. That's when it clicked. My path to this work was rooted in my own childhood trauma, the kind I’d never given a name to (middle child/eldest daughter combo here!). There it was, living in my body, showing up as depression and anxiety through my early adult years. A constant yearning for external validation. Insecurity and low self-worth dressed up as perfectionism driving my achievements.

My own experience in therapy shed light on the survival stress I had been carrying, and how my experiences shaped my beliefs and sense of self. Somatic therapy and yoga were transformative for me, finally helping me reach a place of steadiness and ease within, bringing me closer to a higher power, and helping me develop a more curious and compassionate relationship with myself, others, and the world around me.

What working with me is like.

Therapy with me is collaborative and relational. It’s like we’re on a journey, where you’re the captain and I’m the co-captain. Together we decide which direction to go. I help guide the way— but you (and your nervous system) always get the final say.

Come just as you are. Your comfort and safety are priority. Want to take your shoes off? Please do. Want to lie down on the floor? Be my guest. I keep blankets, weighted blankets, fidget toys, bolsters, yoga mats, and water within reach, so whatever you need, it’s there. Think of it like a massage for your mental and emotional body— it can be both deep and relaxing, and you leave feeling lighter.

My style is grounded, multidimensional, and down to earth. I believe a good belly laugh is just as healing as sorting through the tough stuff, and swearing is always welcome (we embrace your healthy aggression!). Sometimes we move together, sometimes we breathe together, sometimes we even cry together. You have many sides to yourself, as do I. In our work we make space for it all.

In our work you won’t be analyzed, pushed, or fixed. You’ll be accompanied. You decide the pace, and the relationship itself sets the stage for the shifts to take place.