About Amy Quintal
MY story
I am a settler living in the ancestral territories of my spouse and children, who are Mohawk and Métis with roots in the Lac Ste. Anne Métis community and Michel First Nation.
I have been a resident of the Tri-Region for most of my life. I am an active volunteer with boards and community initiatives within Spruce Grove and the Tri-Region. I have a commitment to and experience with restorative justice work based on my current work writing Gladue Reports for the Courts, and past involvement in the Indian Residential Schools class action lawsuit.
My education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Native Studies from the University of Alberta, and an Indigenous Master of Social Work (IMSW) from the University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills. My practice is guided by Indigenous ethics and healing approaches, and is founded in good relationships, compassion, and respect. My education and lifelong learning continue to come from Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and ceremony.
I approach all my work from a neurodivergence affirming framework and a holistic wellness perspective. I personally have an ADHD diagnosis, and am a mother of a multiply disabled teen, providing me with lived experience and passion for walking with others in similar circumstances.
My focus is family systems therapy and intergenerational trauma. I also have experience with stress, depression, anxiety, addictions, ADHD, Autism, chronic illness, systemic oppression, ableism, and racism, which all have impacts on the individual and their family systems. I can support youth (10+), adults, families, couples, and groups in strength-based, solution-focused, mindfulness-based, attachment-based, and/or culturally and spiritually sensitive sessions. I am also trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and Circle Facilitation. I love working in a group therapy setting as well as one to one.