Amanda Goodrich, LMHC

(she/hers)

ICT Partner
EMDRIA Approved Consultant
IFS Trained Therapist
IFS Informed EMDR Trainer

Amanda Goodrich has over 20 years in the mental health field, providing an array of services in non-profit, school, and private practice settings. She is a licensed mental health counselor, who is bilingual in Spanish, with a strong background in substance abuse counseling.

Amanda specializes in creating an environment where clients of all backgrounds can strengthen relationships within themselves and with others. She works with adolescents, couples of all shapes and sizes, as well as adults and families. Her specialties include depression with men, first responders, anxiety disorders, DID, grief and loss, body dysmorphia, complex trauma, LGBTQIA+, and addiction.

She is both Certified and an Approved Consultant through EMDRIA. Amanda is also a Level One Trained Internal Family Systems Therapist with the IFS Institute, and weaves EMDR with IFS to create a unique trauma-informed approach.

Along with one of her business partners and dear friend, Darcie Yamada, Amanda has co-created a 2-module, 4 day training for EMDR therapists who want to learn how to incorporate an IFS-informed lens into their EMDR practice.

Amanda is also an EMDR Child Specialist, EMDR Sand Tray Specialist and EMDR Parent-Child Specialist through Ana Gomez’s Agate Institute, and is now a Facilitator with the Agate Institute.

Amanda earned a double major from the University of Iowa in Psychology and Spanish, and graduated with her M.A. in Counseling Psychology from the University of Denver in 2003. Her other passions include Jazzercising with her bestie, drinking coffee on the couch, connecting with loved ones, and seeing live music. She lives in Iowa City, IA with her family and her fur babies.