About amy
Amy DiNoble, PhD
UCLA
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Dr. Amy DiNoble is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with a focus on adolescent, adult and couple psychotherapy. Amy specializes in working with issues related to anxiety and stress, relationship issues, parenting, trauma, eating disorders, women's issues including infertility and maternal issues, as well as adolescent and young adult psychotherapy. Amy also holds an endorsement in Infant-Family Mental Health and offers consultations to families to provide them with resources to strengthen their relationship as parents and partners. With a background in psychobiology, neuroscience, and psychology, Amy’s approach to therapy integrates a relational framework with the application of concepts and treatment methods based in science and the integrative field of interpersonal neurobiology (IPNB). With an expertise in attachment science, Amy often helps people explore their relational experiences and how they have and continue to contribute to wellbeing or distress. Her studies in neuroscience and polyvagal theory led her to develop and utilize and integrative top-down and bottom-up approach to address cognitive processes and the body-based dysregulation typically experienced in numerous areas of suffering such as anxiety and trauma. Amy’s goal as a therapist is to provide empathic support, safety, attunement, and evidence-based practices as these factors within the context of a therapeutic relationship facilitate healing, growth, emotional and physical regulation, self-compassion, and restoration of hope.
A Los Angeles native, Amy earned her B.S. in psychobiology and neuroscience from UCLA and completed her Ph.D. in clinical psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Following graduate school, she completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in psychoeducational and neuropsychological assessment at the Reiss-Davis Child Study Center. Additionally, Amy received extensive training from Dr. Daniel Siegel and Dr. Allan Schore in the field of traditional and modern (neuroscience-based) attachment theory and interpersonal neurobiology. Her studies of attachment theory and mindfulness with Dr. Siegel inspired her doctoral research that examined the relationship between secure attachment style in adulthood and mindfulness traits. Amy received further training in attachment receiving certifications in attachment assessment from Carol George, Ph.D. Amy completed a Fellowship in Infant-Parent/Child Mental Health and is an endorsed Infant-Family Mental Health Specialist.
Amy is a certified couples and sex therapist through the American Association of Couples and Sex Therapists (AACAST). She serves as a faculty member for the Reiss-Davis Child Study Center Fellowship where she teaches neurobiology and attachment. Her additional certifications include: Perinatal Mental Health, Newborn Behavioral Observation, Adult Attachment Projective Picture System (AAP), Attachment Doll Play Assessment (ADPA) and Trauma Informed Yoga. Amy is also an Advisory Board Member of the Lifespan Learning Institute, member of the American Association of Psychology (APA) and member of the Society of Personality Assessment (SPA).
Amy is also a mom and partner to her husband which provides her with numerous opportunities for hands on learning in attachment, parenting and partnership.
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