Please join us for Dinner on Tuesday, March 3rd at La Cassetta!

Amy Connor of Hesed Place will be joining us!!  You don't miss this!!

Amy B. Connor, OTR/L earned her B.S. in Psychology from College of Charleston and her B.S. in Occupational Therapy at the Medical University of South Carolina.  A native Charlestonian, she has lived on the beautiful southern coast of New Bern, N.C. since 2003.  She is the Founder of Hesed Place, a nonprofit organization described as an innovative community model for trauma recovery, partnering with existing community resources and offering trauma-informed education and direct services to adult trauma survivors, people interested in healing from everyday trauma, and community groups interested in preventing and healing trauma. Based on the interpersonal neurobiology model (IPNB),  

Amy believes in emphasizing the importance of safe relational attunement, nervous system regulation, and personal engagement in the healing process, rather than just accepting chronic adaptation by coping. Strengthening community infrastructure is a priority as Hesed Place understands the collective effect individual healing can have on a community at large. Creating communities that prioritize connection, empathy, and collective well-being promotes foundational stability. 

Amy’s heart to pull community together on behalf of not only complex trauma survivors but also each adult hoping to heal from hard things in life evolved into the “Trauma-Informed-Town-Within-A-Town” model Hesed Place is implementing here locally and has the potential to be shared with other communities around the world.  A trauma-trained occupational therapist, Amy’s background includes training in: Comprehensive Program in Sensory Integration, Certificate Program in Traumatic Stress Studies through JRI in Boston, Intensive Trauma Treatment Certification, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), amongst other extensive education in trauma studies focused on attachment and developmental trauma with dissociative response.  

Amy has a passion to promote healing by way of eclectic, sustained trauma recovery practices in order to reduce the impact of organized, religious, and ritual abuse to those having suffered some of the most heinous crimes against people.  She is a member of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), serving for the five years on the Organized and Extreme Abuse (OEA) SIG Executive Committee, currently past chair. Amy is excited to announce the launch of her own private trauma-trained occupational therapy practice, "Life Path Therapy Services" and is planning for a soft launch this year (2026). Her endless pursuit for personal growth has her striving to live more authentically every day as she is constantly inspired and encouraged by the beautiful dedication, soulfulness, and tenacity of those who model survival from childhood and commit themselves to new understanding and ways of life despite all things.  Amy is committed to supporting the “Healing Is A Lifestyle” mindset for all adults who want to live life from the fullness of who they are on the other side of life trauma and heartache.