Amy R. Dean is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in individual, child, adolescent and family therapy, and maintains a private practice in Montgomery, TX. . Among her areas of expertise are family therapy, child therapy, grief and loss, culture shock, Third Culture Kids (TCK), and repatriation issues.
In addition to being a prominent relationship therapist, Amy Dean has spent many years living outside the U.S. in the Caribbean, South America, Central Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia. She raised her son, a TCK, while navigating many cultures, many customs, as a trailing spouse. During her experiences overseas, she discovered some of the pitfalls that expats experience when moving countries and cultures and when returning home. She has developed an understanding of these issues and has attended workshops on the challenges of being a part of this population.