| | Personal and professional experiences led Amy Liebman-Rapp to create THE SANCTUARY - A Resource Center dedicated to providing grief counseling, bereavement education and outreach for children/teens, adults, families, communities and businesses who have experienced the death of a family member, colleague or friend in Westchester, Putnam, Long Island, Northern New Jersey and throughout the five boroughs of New York City.
After attending the Graduate Program in Counseling and Personnel Services at Fordham University and The Dougy Center/The National Center for Grieving Children and Families International Summer Institute in Portland, Oregon where she completed their Program Development and Facilitator Training Programs, Amy continued her education with course work at the New England Center for Loss and Transition which included the study of "Advanced Treatment Protocols for Complicated Mourning". While raising her own grieving child and facilitating adult, children and teen bereavement groups at The Den for Grieving Kids in Greenwich, Connecticut, Amy discovered the unmet need in schools to help children and teens who were grieving the death of a significant person in their lives.
She subsequently completed the Thanatology program at The College of New Rochelle Graduate School, where she did extensive research in the area of children and adolescent bereavement. Her current professional memberships include ADEC (Association for Death Education and Counseling - Certified in Thanatology), ACA (American Counseling Association) and she is a Founding board member of the NAGC (National Alliance for Grieving Children).
Amy has served (2003-2007) as a member of the Adjunct Faculty of The College of New Rochelle Graduate School , where she was the Internship Supervisor of all students in the Gerontology/Thanatology program. She has previously served as a provider for both the New York State Child Care Educational Incentive Program and P.A.S.E. (Partnership for After School Education), conducting workshops and trainings throughout the state.
Amy was an on-site grief counselor and provided crisis response and debriefing services for the AON Corporation in New York City and Greenwich, Connecticut after the September 11th World Trade Center Tragedy. She also served as a temporary caseworker for the American Red Cross of Greater New York Family Gift Program #2 Long Term Recovery Project. She has been a "guest resource" on New York News/New York 1 Tonight, ABC/Disney Radio and CBS Radio.
Amy is a founding board member and consultant to A Little HOPE, Inc. a national 501 (c) (3) not for profit publicly supported charitable foundation whose mission is to raise funds to help provide grief counseling and bereavement support services to children and teens who have experienced the loss of a parent or loved one, regardless of the circumstances of the death.
Prior to entering the bereavement field, Amy was a highly respected custom bath and kitchen cabinet designer, sales and marketing professional and management consultant in the residential construction industry throughout the Northeast United States. Her second career developed as a single parent, after the death of her husband in August, 1991.
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