Amanda Essinger

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 licensed Independent Marriage and Family Therapist Supervisor, Licensed 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.