Meet your guide…

Amanda is an ANFT Certified Nature & Forest Therapy Guide with a long-time passion for nurturing mental health and wellness through relationships, including relationships with nature and the more-than-human world.  In addition to guiding, Amanda is a licenced Independent Marriage and Family Therapist Supervisor, Licenced Professional Clinical Counselor, Registered Play Therapist™, and co-owner of Connecting Roots, LLC in Barberton, Ohio. She is also a certified Mindfulness-Based Ecotherapy and Ecoplay group facilitator with a certificate of education in Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy.  In her free time, Amanda enjoys spending time with her dogs, learning, crafting, and volunteering at Happy Trails Farm Animal Sanctuary in Ravenna, OH.  Please feel free to contact Amanda if you would be interested in private walks for individuals, couples, groups, or families either in-person or virtually!