About Amy Zacaroli, LPC, CCTP

Amy is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, living out a lifelong dream to help hurting children and families heal from trauma, loss and other emotional pain. Amy earned her Master of Arts in Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary in May 2022. She is pursuing her registration in play therapy under the supervision of Tanya Hull, LPC, RPT-S, incorporating approaches from synergetic, child-centered and trauma-informed play therapy.  

Amy has lived in Northern Virginia all her life, though she loves to travel with her husband Alec, and their four adult children. They’ve spent a lot of time in South Africa, where in 2003, she and Alec founded 25:40, a non-profit ministry dedicated to helping orphans and vulnerable children. Now in its third decade, 25:40 has expanded its reach up and down South Africa’s Eastern Cape province to minister to children, adolescents and young adults, as well as help the communities in which they live access government services. 25:40 marries Amy’s passion for vulnerable children with Alec’s passion for the country in which he spent his formative years. 

After more than 15 years of staying home raising their children and running 25:40, Amy began her seminary studies in Biblical Counseling in 2016. She started seeing clients in January 2021 at Seek Serenity in Sterling, VA and later that year joined The Counseling Center at Burke Community Church, where she still sees a wide variety of clients. Amy is thrilled to have joined theKeystone Services family in January 2023, where she sees children, adults and families. Amy’s therapeutic interests include helping children and adults deal with grief, trauma, divorce, adoption, identity and self-esteem issues as well as emotional regulation, anxiety disorders and depression. 

In her spare time, Amy and her family love to travel, walk and bike, hike, spend time in the mountains and the beach, read good books and enjoy great food and wine.