About Antonia Amore-Broccoli, MSW, LCSW

Antonia is a mindfulness psychotherapist in the Ohlone territory on the central coast of California. She advocates the power of awareness through love and compassion for the self and others through spirituality, meditation, and mantras. In her practice, she has utilized advanced EMDR skills for rewiring the brain from addiction. Antonia believes many of our addiction and trauma issues stem from insecure attachment: a disassociation of self and others. Addiction is manifested as the ultimate self-betrayal. Antonia loves the modalities of expressive arts: watercolor mandala, process painting, soulcollage©, and creative writing. Antonia is passionate about healing childhood trauma and loss and grief, as well as depression and anxiety through taking responsibility for one’s own life, reactions, and PTSD triggers—which can recycle victimhood. Moving beyond the role of victim allows the authentic self to emerge. Letting go of blame of self and others and the shame that no longer belongs to us is essential for more and more experiences with peace, forgiveness, and serenity.

Education includes a Masters in Social Work from The University of Michigan on scholarship and a BA in Comparative Literature from UCSC. University of California, Santa Cruz. An advanced drug and alcohol studies certificate from UCSC extension.
Honorable mention in Literature and Liberal arts a Cabrillo College, Aptos CA.

Antonia Teresa has a small private practice via HIPAA complaint tele-health video and has limited in person sessions by request. Antonia is a Medicare provider and a CCAH (MediCal for Central CA HMO only) provider with limited availability and/or wait list.

She facilitates “Expressive Arts and Writing for your Heart and Soul,” Soul Collage© and Meditation workshops and retreats for women.

Antonia’s dedication to her own healing and recovery has made it possible to pursue her life dreams, goals, and aspirations. She has achieved a professional career as a licensed Clinical Social Worker and Medical Social Worker since 1995. She has twenty years of experience as a Perinatology Social Worker and as an advocate for women, babies, and children. She aspires to be gentle and humble.

Antonia is a wise crone, a Buddhist-Pagan, a social activist, and an advocate for equal rights for all humans and animals.

Antonia loves to walk the beach, practice yoga, meditate, write, and create visual art. Antonia identifies as a light-skinned Italian, Latina lesbian feminist, in long-term recovery. She is in recovery from cannabis addiction and the underlying issues of which lead to her addiction. For her, these include mild cerebral palsy, severe, chronic PTSD, and the experience of lesbian-phobia. All of the paintings on this website are the original art work of Antonia, with the exception of the two highlighting Willow’s story, which are Willow’s. More of Antonia’s photos and artwork can be seen here.

Antonia’s published work includes Out in the Redwoods: Documenting Gay, Lesbian Bisexual, Transgender History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, 1965-2003: 1st (First) Edition Paperback – c. March 1, 2010.

Antonia’s written work also appears in Hey Paesan! Writing by Lesbians & Gay Men of Italian Descent, edited by Giovanna Capone, Tommi Avicolli Mecca, and Denise Nico Leto; Three Guineas Press, c. 1999. This book was a Lambda Literary Award Finalist in the year 2000. It’s available on Amazon.

Antonia Art includes Water color originals , collage, mixed media, acrylic paitnings, photographs and ceramic hand building .

Her creative writing on this site includes chapters from her forthcoming book Strega Rosa; Journey of a Lesbian Italian Redhead.

Freedom From Cannabis Addiction and Recovery writing on this site are researched educational writings about the effects of chronic and/or long term effects of cannabis use. Freedom from Cannabis Addiction includes collected first hand stories and accounts from women in recovery from cannabis addiction.