NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS MENTAL HEALTH

Amy Brown, MA

After completing her Master’s degree in Psychology at Pepperdine University, Amy Brown began working to help individuals and families find healing and hope. Ms. Brown came to Discovery’s Resilience with extensive experience managing various eating disorder programs as well as behavioral health facilities. Under Ms. Brown’s leadership, Discovery’s Resilience’s substance abuse and mental health programs have flourished and Ms. Brown now oversees numerous mental health and substance abuse programs throughout southern California. Ms. Brown feels very deeply about the contribution she is making to improve the quality of life for adolescents and their families. One of the things that attracted Ms. Brown to Discovery’s Resilience was the shared commitment to providing the best quality of care to each patient and his or her family.

Program Director

Amanda Aromatici, MFT

Amanda Aromatici is a Marriage and Family Therapist who obtained her MFT Degree from Southern Connecticut State University, after completing her B.A. in Theology and Religious Studies with a double minor in Art Studio and Psychology at the Catholic University of America. Amanda’s journey with Discovery Behavioral Health began at the first east coast Discovery Mood and Anxiety residential program serving as Primary Therapist when the program opened in early 2017.  During the summer of 2018 she transferred to New Haven’s Outpatient Program working with clients and families from both the mental health and eating disorders programs. 

Amanda has experience working in both private and public clinical service programs with children, adolescents, adults, and families. From the New Haven Public School system to private outpatient and residential programs she has collaborated with a variety of clients, families, and colleagues. Amanda is a systemic thinker and works with a client-centered mentality in empathetic and creative ways. She utilizes DBT, CBT, Family Systems, and Creative Impact Therapy strategies, always practicing with her clients’ best interests at heart. In her free time you can find her outdoors with her dog Mae, at an art museum, or nestled in the corner of a used bookstore.