AMY BOWERS, PhD, Clinical Psychologist
Media and presentations
In addition to offering individual psychotherapy, I provide clinical consultations, psychoeducational presentations, and media interviews by request.
I am passionate about extending my knowledge and expertise in psychology beyond the traditional psychotherapy space to promote awareness of and discussion about mental health issues as we experience them in our everyday lives. I have been committed to organizing and presenting on psychological, developmental, psychoeducational, and mental health topics as a role in every position I've held since I was undergraduate.
I am passionate about extending my knowledge and expertise in psychology beyond the traditional psychotherapy space to promote awareness of and discussion about mental health issues as we experience them in our everyday lives. I have been committed to organizing and presenting on psychological, developmental, psychoeducational, and mental health topics as a role in every position I've held since I was undergraduate.
The International Stillbirth Alliance has aligned efforts with the World Health Organization’s World Health Day Campaign, Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures. My contribution to the ISA 2025 Campaign was posted on ISA's social media channels (including BlueSky, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram) in June, 2025.
I choose to talk about my experience because stillbirth cannot be tiptoed around or whispered about as "unimaginable." Babies are stillborn at alarming rates worldwide. It is a public health crisis. Parents are grieving and traumatized. #IamISA #EndStillbirth #HopefulFutures
I choose to talk about my experience because stillbirth cannot be tiptoed around or whispered about as "unimaginable." Babies are stillborn at alarming rates worldwide. It is a public health crisis. Parents are grieving and traumatized. #IamISA #EndStillbirth #HopefulFutures
My most recent interview with Victoria Sanchez, ABC7 News WJLA, aired as part of a story on March 21, 2025.
Most of the full interview is here:
Media interviews and presentations since I moved to the Washington DC area in 2005
Video
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. "7News talks with clinical psychologist about the mental health crisis fired fed workers face." Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. March 21, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WYE4tVRhz8
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. "Fired federal worker 'whiplash': How mass layoffs are causing mental, physical crises." Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. March 21, 2025.
https://wjla.com/news/health/fired-federal-worker-whiplash-mass-layoffs-support-psychiatrist-arlington-employees-mental-physical-health-crises-benefits-support#
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “'Shame and blame don't work' if you want more people vaccinated, says psychologist.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. August 27, 2021. https://wjla.com/news/coronavirus/psychologist-amy-bowers-says-shame-blame-dont-work-vaccinated-unvaccinated-covid-19-pandemic
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “Why eliminating 'mental clutter' can help manage return-to-work stress during pandemic.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. May 18, 2021. https://wjla.com/news/health/prepare-for-the-end-of-the-pandemic-by-eliminating-mental-clutter
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “'Healthier lifestyle more into focus': Pandemic shows power of physical, mental health.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. April 7, 2021. https://wjla.com/news/coronavirus/pandemic-power-physical-mental-health
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “American stress levels are higher than in the first few months of the pandemic, poll says.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. February 19, 2021. https://wjla.com/news/local/manage-stress-pandemic
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “How to talk politics with friends, family this holiday season.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. November 6, 2020. https://wjla.com/news/local/politics-friends-family-holiday-season
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “Doctors share ways to stay physically, mentally healthy during holiday season amid COVID.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. October 14, 2020. https://wjla.com/news/health/doctors-tips-keeping-physically-mentally-healthy-during-holiday-season
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “Keeping relationships healthy during stressful pandemic.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. April 22, 2020. https://wjla.com/news/coronavirus/keeping-relationships-healthy-during-stressful-pandemic
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “Our new normal: Life in a time of social distancing.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. March 13, 2020. https://wjla.com/news/coronavirus/new-normal-life-in-a-time-of-social-distancing
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “Kobe. Impeachment. Coronavirus. What do you do when the news is just too much?” Dave Lucas, WJLA ABC7. January 27, 2020. https://wjla.com/news/local/what-to-do-when-the-news-is-just-too-much
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “Strategies for keeping the peace on Thanksgiving Day.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. November 20. 2018. https://wjla.com/news/local/strategies-for-keeping-the-peace-on-thanksgiving-day
Audio
Bowers, A. M. V. Guest. “Surviving holiday stress.” The Kojo Nnamdi Show. December 7, 2005. https://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2005-12-07/surviving-holiday-stress
Print
Bowers, A. M. V. Featured. “Being your boldest self.” Mary Dallao, Rosslyn Business Improvement District. February 8, 2018. https://www.rosslynva.org/feature/being-your-boldest-self
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. "Stopping college violence at roots." Patricio Chile and Christopher Cottrell, The Eagle. February 21, 2008. https://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2008/02/stopping-college-violence-at-roots
Presentations - International, National, and Regional Conferences
Bowers, A. M. V. (2025, November). Unspoken and “unimaginable” truths about stillbirth: Writing to heal and recover amidst the deceptive silence of denial [Paper presentation]. Presented at the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education Conference, Washington, DC, United States.
Bowers, A. M. V. (2023, July). Stillbirth as traumatic loss [Paper presentation]. Presented at the International Stillbirth Alliance Conference, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.
Bowers, A. M. V. (2023, March). Stillbirth and sequelae: A trauma-informed psychological perspective [Paper presentation]. Presented at the Association for Women in Psychology Conference, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Bowers, A. M. V. (2021, November). The experience of stillbirth as a practicing psychologist. In B. Quiligan (Chair), Lived experience opening panel [Symposium]. Mary’s Center Perinatal Mental Health Symposium, Washington, DC, United States.
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. "7News talks with clinical psychologist about the mental health crisis fired fed workers face." Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. March 21, 2025. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WYE4tVRhz8
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. "Fired federal worker 'whiplash': How mass layoffs are causing mental, physical crises." Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. March 21, 2025.
https://wjla.com/news/health/fired-federal-worker-whiplash-mass-layoffs-support-psychiatrist-arlington-employees-mental-physical-health-crises-benefits-support#
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “'Shame and blame don't work' if you want more people vaccinated, says psychologist.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. August 27, 2021. https://wjla.com/news/coronavirus/psychologist-amy-bowers-says-shame-blame-dont-work-vaccinated-unvaccinated-covid-19-pandemic
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “Why eliminating 'mental clutter' can help manage return-to-work stress during pandemic.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. May 18, 2021. https://wjla.com/news/health/prepare-for-the-end-of-the-pandemic-by-eliminating-mental-clutter
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “'Healthier lifestyle more into focus': Pandemic shows power of physical, mental health.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. April 7, 2021. https://wjla.com/news/coronavirus/pandemic-power-physical-mental-health
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “American stress levels are higher than in the first few months of the pandemic, poll says.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. February 19, 2021. https://wjla.com/news/local/manage-stress-pandemic
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “How to talk politics with friends, family this holiday season.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. November 6, 2020. https://wjla.com/news/local/politics-friends-family-holiday-season
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “Doctors share ways to stay physically, mentally healthy during holiday season amid COVID.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. October 14, 2020. https://wjla.com/news/health/doctors-tips-keeping-physically-mentally-healthy-during-holiday-season
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “Keeping relationships healthy during stressful pandemic.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. April 22, 2020. https://wjla.com/news/coronavirus/keeping-relationships-healthy-during-stressful-pandemic
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “Our new normal: Life in a time of social distancing.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. March 13, 2020. https://wjla.com/news/coronavirus/new-normal-life-in-a-time-of-social-distancing
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “Kobe. Impeachment. Coronavirus. What do you do when the news is just too much?” Dave Lucas, WJLA ABC7. January 27, 2020. https://wjla.com/news/local/what-to-do-when-the-news-is-just-too-much
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. “Strategies for keeping the peace on Thanksgiving Day.” Victoria Sanchez, WJLA ABC7. November 20. 2018. https://wjla.com/news/local/strategies-for-keeping-the-peace-on-thanksgiving-day
Audio
Bowers, A. M. V. Guest. “Surviving holiday stress.” The Kojo Nnamdi Show. December 7, 2005. https://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2005-12-07/surviving-holiday-stress
Bowers, A. M. V. Featured. “Being your boldest self.” Mary Dallao, Rosslyn Business Improvement District. February 8, 2018. https://www.rosslynva.org/feature/being-your-boldest-self
Bowers, A. M. V. Interviewed. "Stopping college violence at roots." Patricio Chile and Christopher Cottrell, The Eagle. February 21, 2008. https://www.theeagleonline.com/article/2008/02/stopping-college-violence-at-roots
Presentations - International, National, and Regional Conferences
Bowers, A. M. V. (2025, November). Unspoken and “unimaginable” truths about stillbirth: Writing to heal and recover amidst the deceptive silence of denial [Paper presentation]. Presented at the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education Conference, Washington, DC, United States.
Bowers, A. M. V. (2023, July). Stillbirth as traumatic loss [Paper presentation]. Presented at the International Stillbirth Alliance Conference, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.
Bowers, A. M. V. (2023, March). Stillbirth and sequelae: A trauma-informed psychological perspective [Paper presentation]. Presented at the Association for Women in Psychology Conference, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Bowers, A. M. V. (2021, November). The experience of stillbirth as a practicing psychologist. In B. Quiligan (Chair), Lived experience opening panel [Symposium]. Mary’s Center Perinatal Mental Health Symposium, Washington, DC, United States.
