Amber Newberry’s Stories, Lessons & Insights

We’re looking forward to introducing you to Amber Newberry. Check out our conversation below.

Amber, it’s always a pleasure to learn from you and your journey. Let’s start with a bit of a warmup: Would YOU hire you? Why or why not?
I like this question! I would hire myself, I would hire me as a therapist because I have worked hard to become the kind of therapist I wanted and have needed in my life. My passion is to serve teen girls and women ages 16-65 going through life transitions. There are so many times in my life when I wanted someone I could talk to about what I was experiencing. I especially love being able to walk with women who are beginning to journey into motherhood and all that entails, the excitement and the heartbreak, the overwhelm and the joy that goes into becoming on their journey into womanhood.

Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
Hi, I’m Amber Newberry.
I’m a licensed social worker (LMSW, PMH-C) specializing in maternal mental health, body image, trauma recovery, and the emotional complexities of womanhood.
Healing is never one-size-fits-all. That’s why I offer an integrative, compassionate approach to therapy. I combine evidence-based methods like Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with the mind-body connection work of Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapy. Our sessions aren’t about “fixing” you, they’re about helping you reconnect with yourself in a way that feels empowering, grounded, and real.

I work with women ages 16–65 who are carrying silent burdens: the weight of identity shifts, body image struggles, motherhood challenges, grief, trauma, and the pressure to be “everything.” In our time together you learn you don’t have to be perfect, you just have to be you.

Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. What relationship most shaped how you see yourself?
I think that the relationship in my life that most shapes how I see myself is my husband. We will be married 20 years this year, and he has seen me in all aspects of myself; he has grown up with me. My husband is always calling out the good he sees in me, he tells my kids what a good mom he thinks I am, he supports my friendships, and he supports my career and loves my passions. He sees me as I wish I saw myself, and when I need someone to remind me who I am and what I can do, he is the one I go to.

What have been the defining wounds of your life—and how have you healed them?
The defining wounds of my life were my experiences of sexual assault. Those experiences told me that my voice didn’t matter, and they led me to objectify myself for years, resulting in poor life choices and difficult life circumstances. I only began to heal my view of myself after motherhood, after therapy, and after finding my voice. That is why teaching consent in schools is something I have put my life into, and why working with teen girls and women is such a passion project for me. I want to help women and girls find their voices throughout every season of their lives.

Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. What would your closest friends say really matters to you?
My closest friends would tell you that they really matter to me. They would also tell you that my kids and my husband matter to me. Relationships matter to me. People matter to me. Loving people well matters to me.

Okay, so let’s keep going with one more question that means a lot to us: What do you think people will most misunderstand about your legacy?
I have been accused of being a man-hater because of my work with women. I have 3 boys, I have been married for 20 years, I love my boys and I love men. I think that helping women is a part of helping society as a whole. Women who know themselves, find their voices, and heal their trauma will be better for the world. I don’t think men are the problem; I think that it is society that tricks both men and women into hurting one another and hurting themselves. My expertise happens to be in women’s issues, my certification is in maternal mental health, and so that is the population I serve.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://beautifulandbeloved.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beautifulandbelovedtherapy/
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amber-newberry-4b753357/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094760319780

Image Credits
laura polen