AMY ALVAREZ

Welcome to my website! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 30 years of experience working in adoption. I began my career working as a counselor in a local maternity home. I provide adoption homestudies, postplacement services, and birthparent counseling as a private practitioner, partnering with agencies and attorneys... I hold a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts and Philosophy from Mount Holyoke College and Master's degrees in Social Work and Public Health from Tulane University. I also hold a Certificate in Forensic Social Work from Tulane, and completed a post-graduate fellowship in Infant Mental Health with Louisiana State University School of Medicine. In addition, I have advanced training in perinatal mood disorders. I am LGBTQ-allied and committed to social justice.