12/01/2025
Each month, we're highlighting one of our incredible VAMFT members! Reach out if you’d like to be featured or to nominate someone else!
Amy Reamer, LMFT, RPT-S is the Founder & Executive Director of Heart & Mind Therapy, a neuroscience-informed group practice serving children, teens, adults, and families across Central Virginia. A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Registered Play Therapist–Supervisor, Amy specializes in developmental trauma, adoption, infant & early childhood mental health, and Polyvagal-informed play therapy. In 2021, she was recognized for her innovative contributions to trauma-informed, brain-aligned clinical practice as Virginia’s Play Therapist of the Year.
Amy is known for developing Safe & Sound in the Sand, a 12-session intervention that blends SSP with Sand Tray therapy to support nonverbal processing, regulation, and emotional healing. Amy trains clinicians in integrating nervous-system-focused work into therapy and oversees a thriving residency & supervision program for future LMFT, LPC, and LCSWs at Heart & Mind Therapy. She is committed to shaping the next generation of trauma-informed clinicians in Virginia.
She is the author of Toby the Tiger Tamer, a children’s book that helps kids, caregivers, and professionals understand the brain-body experience of dysregulation through playful metaphors. Amy also created the Tame Your Tiger™ Workbook, a brain-based framework for building regulation skills used in homes, clinical, school, and community settings.
Amy co-hosts the Regulation Revolution Podcast, where she explores emotional regulation, trauma recovery, and practical applications of neuroscience with fellow professionals, caregivers, and thought leaders. As a trainer and speaker she presents workshops on Polyvagal Theory, trauma-informed play therapy, and developmentally grounded interventions, including at the Fred Rogers Institute Education Conference. She is pursuing a PhD in Infant and Early Childhood Development at Fielding Graduate Institute.
Website: www.heartmindrva.com & www.regulationregulation.com
