Our Team

Amy Green, LCSW

Amy Lynn Green, LCSW, ERYT, is the Founder & Executive Director of The Rooted Bridge, Owner & Founder of Nashville Collaborative Counseling Center, and is dedicated to increasing access & affordability to mental health support for parents to be & parents across the Southeast region. She believes that collaboration in care is a vital aspect to providing support to families. Amy received her MSW from the University at Buffalo with a concentration in trauma informed care and human rights, a certificate from the University of Massachusetts in Integrated Care Management, as well as a certificate in Maternal Mental Health. Amy works with women and their families, facilitates healing after trauma, supports parents through loss/infertility, and ensures that parents and children have a team collaborating with them in care during pregnancy and into parenthood. Amy is an Adjunct at the University of Tennessee Masters in Social Work program, and has given multiple trainings on Maternal Mental Healthcare. Amy is the mother to three angel babies and one earthside daughter, Kinley.

Amy provides specialized treatment in the following areas:

• Transitioning to parenthood

• Anxiety and depression

• Attachment styles

• Trauma and abuse

• Pregnancy, Perinatal, and Postpartum

• Pregnancy Loss

• Body Image and Disordered Eating

Contact NCCC today to find out more about working with Amy.

Amber Kowing, LMSW

Amber Lynn Kowing, LMSW, is a Tennessee native and BSW/MSW graduate of The University of Tennessee. She has spent her early career working in the addiction treatment field treating both substance abuse and disordered eating. Amber is dedicated to creating spaces of radical acceptance and healing while working from a trauma informed perspective. She believes that all parts of us are welcome to the table and all experiences can be used as grist for the mill. She focuses on using the strengths of her clients while teaching and incorporating distress tolerance skills into sessions. Amber enjoys utilizing the treatment modalities of mindfulness, CBT, DBT, IFS, art and expressive movement to work with children, young adults, and women.

Amber provides specialized treatment in the following areas:

• Addiction and co-occurring disorders

• Anxiety and depression

• Body Image and Disordered Eating

• Impulse control and mood disorders

• Infertility issues

• Life transitioning

• Self esteem and Self compassion

• Spiritual confusion

• Pregnancy, Perinatal, and Postpartum

Contact NCCC today to find out more about working with Amber.

Chemyeeka Tumblin, MSPH, MMFT

Chemyeeka Tumblin, hails from Douglas, Georgia home of boiled peanuts and the infamous Georgia Peaches! A Nashville, Tennessee transplant as of 2014; Chemyeeka Tumblin has taken Nashville on and to task. Having received her Masters of Marriage and Family Therapy from Trevecca Nazarene University; Chemyeeka believes in establishing healthy, healing and historically sound relationships. Guided by intergenerational and structural work, Chemyeeka’s solution-focused therapeutic services affords one the ability to affirm, self-actualize and project developed strengths into daily living practices.

Cheymeeka believes in delving deeply into the systems within which we function, affords us the ability to dig deeper into who we are. Having serviced a vast population (Singles, Family and Children) experiencing Domestic Violence, Substance Abuse and Behavioral Health and Wellness; Chemyeeka believes that we all have unique gifts and talents, and our ability to channel them and focus on self-development and affirmations of self prepares us to handle, experience and make ‘Living your best life” not a fleeting motto, but something you can believe in.

Chemyeeka provides specialized treatment in the following areas:

• Healthy Relationships/ Boundary Setting

• Self-esteem

• Premarital/ Relationship Counseling (Prepare/Enrich Certified)

• Trauma and Abuse

• Grief

• Infertility

• Pregnancy, Prenatal, and Postpartum 

Contact NCCC today to find out more about working with Chemyeeka. 

Michelle Stafford, LMSW

Michelle Stafford, LMSW, received her MSW from the University of Tennessee. She believes that there is relief and healing to be found on the other side of our traumas and is committed to walking through the healing process with clients. Michelle feels it is never too late to find freedom from what holds us back in life. Whether anxiety is holding you captive from your joy, past trauma is haunting your thoughts, or just a pivotal moment in life has you confused on where to go next, you are not alone in your journey. Michelle has spent her early career working in Nashville’s foster care system with children experiencing trauma, anxiety and depression, aggressive behaviors, and maladaptive development. Michelle enjoys being a bridge between caretaker and child, helping caregivers to decipher their child’s behavior with true understanding and empathy. Michelle enjoys working with children of all ages, adults, and the LGBTQIA community.

Michelle provides specialized treatment in the following areas:

• Childhood Development and Infant Mental Health

• Trauma and PTSD

• Life Transitions

• Grief

• LGBTQIA issues

• Relational Issues and Boundary setting 

• Embodiment

• Anxiety and Depression

• Pregnancy, Perinatal, and Postpartum

Contact NCCC today to find out more about working with Michelle.

Sammi Lobenstein King, M.Ed., NCC, EMDR I&II

Sammi has always looked for the strengths in others and has worked to help others see their internal beauty. She received her master's degree in professional counseling from Middle Tennessee State University. Since then, she has worked in residential and intensive outpatient treatment, serving individuals who struggle with addictions, disordered eating, mood disorders, and personality disorders. She enjoys using different approaches, including experiential, psychodrama, DBT, CBT, mindfulness, and expressive art and movement. She also works with individuals to help overcome their trauma using EMDR and inner child work. 

Sammi believes that everyone is capable and deserving of healing. She uses an approach that can be seen as challenging through love and unconditional positive regard. As a new mom to a wild child of a daughter, she understands how easy it is to focus on the things with which we struggle, getting stuck in our own shame tornado. By helping women and men identify their strengths, she aids in healing their inner wounds and empowers them to build skills to overcome their current difficulties. She will hold space for the discomfort and will walk with you through the darkness. There is sunshine on the other side of the storm. Let's go find it!

Sammi provides specialized treatment in the following areas: 

• Addiction and co-occuring disorders

• Disordered eating and mending relationships with food

• Body image and self-esteem

• Exercise addiction

• Trauma and inner child work

• Shame recovery work

• Mood disorders

• Personality disorders

• Distress tolerance and Emotional regulation

• Pregnancy, Perinatal, and Postpartum

Contact NCCC today to find out more about working with Sammi. 

Audrey Rush, LCSW

Audrey Rush, LCSW. Received her MSSA from Case Western Reserve’s Jack, Josesph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences in Cleveland, Ohio.

Audrey believes in finding your true, authentic self and feeling confident during the discovery.  Audrey has spent the majority of her career in helping families navigate grief, loss and life transitions.

Through personal experience and an abundance of training and education, she has developed a passion for energy healing, compassionate and strength-based approaches that focus on improving quality of life!

Audrey enjoys utilizing mindfulness, CBT and energy clearing to help address challenges in life.

Audrey provides specialized treatment in the following areas:

• Anxiety and depression

• Body Image and Disordered Eating

• Infertility issues

• Life transitioning

• Self esteem and Self compassion

• Mindfulness practice

• Energy Healing

• Person Centered

• Pregnancy, Perinatal, and Postpartum

Contact NCCC today to find out more about working with Audrey. 

Amanda Adams

Amanda is the Client Care Coordinator for Nashville Collaborative Counseling Center. In addition to helping clients be matched with the right therapist, handling office administration, therapist schedules, and new client referrals, she also manages NCCC’s social media and marketing campaigns. Amanda has over a decade of experience with helping to provide a welcoming space for women during vulnerable seasons and advocating for women’s self-care and mental health.

She’s currently expecting her first child in March and is looking forward to adding the title of “mom” to her list of skills and passions.

Contact NCCC today to find out more about working with a NCCC therapist.