Amy Hennings, PhD, LCPC

Psychology

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• Childhood development and mental health
• Childhood neglect and abuse
• Adult development and mental health
• Domestic violence/partner violence
• Sexual assault/trauma
• Foster care and adoption

BIOGRAPHY

Amy Hennings is an associate professor of psychology at Alverno College, where she has taught since 2022. She has been teaching in higher education since 2004 and has worked in the field of psychology for almost thirty years. Her research has focused primarily on resiliency within high-risk college students and survivors of trauma. She has provided many professional presentations related to survivors of abuse and trauma, domestic/partner violence, challenges within the foster care system, trauma and resiliency for both survivors and professionals in high-risk fields. She has organized community events including leading and coordinating annual Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Awareness events in Wisconsin and Illinois. She has also been invited to speak at League of Women Voters meetings on psychological and mental health topics pertinent to women voters.

Her human services work experience has included working with children, adolescents and families with a variety of issues and backgrounds including trauma, HIV issues, homelessness, chemical dependency, therapeutic foster care, domestic/partner violence and sexual abuse/assault.

Hennings earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, her master’s degree in Psychological Counseling from St. Mary’s University in Minnesota, and her doctoral degree in Psychology from Walden University. She is also currently a Licensed Professional Counselor. She has been regularly active with community advisory boards including Berry House, Lake County Crisis Response Team, the SAFE Housing Advisory Board, the Lake County Homeless Coalition, the Lake County Advisory Planning Group, the HIV/AIDS Collar County Consortia and LAN 35(Local Area Network – Children’s Services). She has provided consulting work to area not-for-profits to help strengthen leadership teams within these agencies, develop policies and procedures, and to provide team building or on-going training. She is currently a member of the Midwestern Psychological Association.