Amanda Engracia Ayala (she/her/ella) is a multicultural Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (#T3097). Since 2019, she has been providing mental health services to a diverse range of folks throughout Oregon.

Her family is from Colima, Mexico and Southern California. Prior to her career as a relational therapist, she lived in Los Angeles for more than a decade and worked as a Certified Professional Nanny for high profile families. This lived experience afforded her a unique perspective into the lives of families. During this time, she began her healing journey with a therapist in West Hollywood which planted the seed of her dreams of becoming a therapist.

In 2014 Amanda completed her undergraduate degree at UCLA and in 2019 Graduated from Lewis & Clark Graduate School with a Masters of Arts in Marriage, Couple, Family Therapy.

You can find Amanda centering her heart through time with family, nature, intentional rest, community, and plants. Decades later, her dream of becoming a therapist is alive as she runs her private practice. Her journey as a therapist is supported by seeing her therapist and other ways of grounding which include integrating self-care practices and rituals.