amy lorraine au

I’m a native Texan who took a 17-year detour through Asia with Cru International before putting down roots in the beautiful state of Colorado. I’m a lover of words and images. I’m curious about the adjectives people use to describe themselves, love to mine truth from Oscar-nominated movies, regularly seek solace in the poetry of Jan Richardson and am editing my first book. I believe well-told stories set our souls free as we exchange the shame of survival for the grief of powerlessness.  

EDUCATION & TRAINING

School of Spiritual Direction Level 1 & 2

New Way Ministries (2003, 2006)

Addictions Training 

Reformed Theological Seminary (2012)

The Story Workshop

The Allender Center (2012)

Leadership Evaluation and Formation Program Coach 

Cru International (2012-2013)

Women’s Sexual Abuse Recovery Workshop Level 1 & 2

The Allender Center (2013, 2016)

NARRATIVE THERAPY

REFRAMING THE SHAME OF SURVIVAL INTO STORIES OF DIGNITY & HOPE

Deep healing begins when the cost of silencing parts of ourselves becomes so high we are ready to pursue wholeness. We must decide to exile nothing. Every choice we made to survive our stories needs to be told, reframed, and cared for in order to dispel shame. In my own journey as an childhood trauma survivor it has often felt like standing at the edge of a cliff and finding the strength to dwell there for a season. The vista on the horizon is hopeful, but the view down into the ravine of emotional pain can be terrifying. As a therapist, facilitating people’s journey back to their whole selves is my greatest joy.

INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS:

60 minutes: $120

available Now!

Reimagining the deeper story of Hagar’s life to reveal God’s love and care for the unseen and unchosen.

As a slave, she is the first woman to experience oppression, abuse and rejection in the Bible. Hagar is the first person to receive a visit from a divine messenger and the only woman to receive a direct promise of many descendants. She is the only person to give God a name. Finally, she is the first female in scripture to liberate herself from oppressive power structures when she flees to the wilderness and the first freed slave.

How we understand her story sets the trajectory for seeing everyone’s story in the Bible.

Her story matters. Your story matters.

online OFFERINGS

Banished to Freedom Book Group

6 weeks, 6 sessions, 2 hours each

Cost: $450

2026 Dates: Wednesdays: Jan 21, 28, Feb 4, 11, 18 & 25 (8:00am-10:00am MST)

Open to 8 participants

This 6 week discussion book group will explore 6 key themes:

What is our relational history with the Bible?

What if we imaginatively used our stories to read the scriptures?

How can we feel seen and heard by the Lord in stories of oppression?

In what ways do we live in the middle space of trauma?

How can the betrayal of banishment lead us to freedom?

What does it mean to imagine our flourishing?

Seminar Series: Understanding Abuse Dynamics & Symptoms

4 online events, 2 hours each + 30 min of optional Q&A

Time: 5:30pm-7:30pm MST, via zoom

Each seminar open to 12 participants

Cost: $125 per seminar per person

2025 Dates: Oct 15, Nov 19, Dec 17

2026 Dates: Jan 14

TOPICS:

Oct 15: Choiceless Choices: How Kids Survive Caregiver Harm

Nov 19: Structures of Tyranny: Patriarchy & The Evangelical Family Model

Dec 10: Borderline Mothering: Rage & Covert Sexual Abuse

Jan 14: Seeking Rest: Dissociation, Addictions & Self-Harm