Amie Longmire is a psychotherapist, educator, group facilitator, published writer, and Reiki practitioner, practicing in the Treasure Valley. Her background in teaching, art, and working with veterans gives her a creative approach to helping others create space to uncover their authentic selves, discover their strengths, and tell a new story with their lives. She believes when we start telling better stories, we begin living better lives.Amie’s approach to counseling center’s around self-compassion, mindfulness, attachment, and creative storytelling. She specializes in working with trauma, medical trauma, prolonged stress, attachment/relationship issues, spirituality, anxiety, depression, women's issues, and how those affect each of us physically.She earned her Master’s degree in Counseling at Northwest Nazarene University and also holds a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from USC. Before counseling, she spent 10 years teaching, editing, designing curriculum, and worked as a career counselor to help Veteran's get back into the workforce - specifically into the Federal Sector. She's an avid knitter, meditator, yogi, hiker, DIYer, dog walker, and gardener. She leads meditations on Insight Timer and has created planners and tools for goal setting available on Amazon.