Angela Amias, lCSw
I’m a licensed psychotherapist and an internationally recognized expert on trauma and relationships.
I’m the Director of Clinical Education for the Institute for Trauma Informed Relationships which provides certification in trauma informed relationships for therapists, coaches, and other helping professionals.
In 2020, I founded Alchemy of Love with Dr. Daniel Boscaljon, to provide resources, support, and education on relationships and the impact of trauma. Through our articles, podcast, and classes, Alchemy of Love has reached a worldwide audience of over 100,000 individuals and couples.
I’m also the cofounder of the Healthy Relationship Academy, which partners with businesses and organizations to create healthy workplace cultures by leveraging the power of good relationships.
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Read my advice column on building better relationships, healing past trauma, and deepening connections with yourself and others after painful past experiences.
Get CERTIFIED in TRAUMA INFORMED RELATIONSHIPs
Trauma informed care is the wave of the future. Having a deep and nuanced understanding of how relational trauma impacts adult relationships is a vital part of providing the best possible care to your clients. Whether you work with couples, individuals, or both, having a truly trauma informed approach to relationship issues is essential. Painful experiences from childhood exert a powerful influence on adult intimate relationships, creating the difficulties, dissatisfaction, and disconnection that so many clients encounter in their intimate relationships.
I developed the Trauma Informed Relationship Counseling for Individuals and Couples model of relationship therapy to bridge the gap between cutting edge research on relational trauma and traditional models for relationship counseling. It’s the first comprehensive relationship counseling model that integrates a trauma informed approach to help both individuals and couples overcome relationship struggles and create more satisfying connections.
Healthy Relationship Academy
The Healthy Relationship Academy partners with businesses and organizations, providing training and educational programs that help create healthy workplaces. We are available for speaking engagements on a variety of topics related to workplace relationships and healthy workplace culture. We also provide staff development and training that can be tailored to meet the specific needs of organizations and businesses.
Learn more about our full suite of programs and services, which includes in-depth business consulting, 1:1 executive coaching, and on-demand training programs for leaders and staff in the areas of communication, relationships, employee wellness, and creating healthy workplaces.
Discover the Five Relationship Archetypes
Your Relationship Archetype is like your “relationship personality”—it’s who you are and how you express yourself in relationships. It reflects your basic blueprint of how relationships work, based on what you learned in childhood. Your Relationship Archetype influences the kind of partners you’re drawn toward, as well as the kinds of challenges you’re likely to encounter in your relationships.
Curious what your Relationship Archetype is? Take the quiz HERE.
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Angela Amias, LCSW, LISW
I’m a licensed therapist and a nationally recognized relationship expert. I cofounded Alchemy of Love with Daniel Boscaljon to help people heal their past wounds, reclaim their wholeness, and learn how to transform past pain into the seeds for future possibilities—possibilities that include the kind of loving, intimate relationship with self and others that every person deserves to have.
I pioneered the development of Trauma Informed Relationship Counseling for Individuals and Couples, a new model of therapy designed to bridge the gap between cutting edge research on relational trauma and traditional models for relationship counseling. It’s the first comprehensive relationship counseling model that integrates a trauma informed approach to help both individuals and couples overcome relationship struggles and create more satisfying connections. As the Clinical Director for the Institute for Trauma Informed Relationships, I provide consultation and certification to therapists and coaches in trauma informed relationship counseling.
I began my career working at one of only a handful of clinics in the United States that specialized in treating adopted children who’d experienced profound attachment trauma, before transitioning to become a relationship therapist for individuals and couples.
In addition to my unique training in attachment trauma, I also hold specialized training in the therapeutic use of writing for trauma recovery, emotional healing, and personal growth. As a trauma survivor myself as well as a therapist, I’m keenly aware of the healing power of telling our stories as well as the power of re-envisioning a new story for ourselves in the wake of trauma.
I’ve been featured in numerous publications, including Today, Oprah Daily, Cosmopolitan, The Independent, Forbes, Well + Good, Salon, Refinery29, MSN, Women’s Health and many others. On the topic of relationships, I’ve been a contributing writer for Inc. and Fatherly. As a trauma expert, I’m a contributing author of the Clinical EFT Handbook, published in 2013.
In my spare time, I’m a mixed media artist. My artwork has been exhibited in numerous galleries around the United States and published in several journals and magazines. I’m also the co-creator of the Faces of the Divine Feminine Oracle. You can find my art at angelaamias.gallery.
