Amy O’Neill-Gregorian, DHSc, MS, LPC, is a clinician, consultant, and educator with over 30 years of experience in mental health, deeply engaged with the complexities of the human experience—how we navigate pain, find resilience, and recovery from life-changing events. She has provided support and consultation at the local, national, and international levels. A survivor of the Boston Marathon Bombing, she combines lived experience, which deepens her knowledge, and professional expertise in ways that resonate deeply with victims and survivors of terrorism and mass violence. She is a co-founder of Aftermath Solutions.

Dr. O’Neill has developed learning communities and webinars, edited peer-reviewed materials, provided trauma-informed care and consultation following incidents of mass violence, and presented at national and international conferences. She is a consultant for the NMVC, the OVC VOCA Center, and the OVC TTAC (mass violence response and training), responding to MVIs and supporting individual and community recovery. She has provided support and consultation in many communities, including New Orleans, Virginia Beach, Gilroy, Nashville, Perry (IA), Allen (TX), Columbine, Route 91, and Vienna, Austria. She has served on numerous advisory groups and response teams dedicated to disaster mental health, peer support, and survivor services, including the Vibrant Emotional Health Crisis Emotional Care Team deployed to support Afghan evacuees, the Disaster Distress Helpline Steering Committee, the American Red Cross Disaster Mental Health Team, and STOP (survivors of tragedy outreach program).

Internationally, Dr. O’Neill is a member of the European Union Hub of Experts on Victims of Terrorism and has contributed to United Nations initiatives on victims’ rights, justice, and memorialization, presenting at the First Global Congress for Victims of Terrorism at UN Headquarters. She provided testimony for the development of the model legislative provisions and expert consultation for the development and launch of VOTAN (Victims of Terrorism Associations Network).

She maintains a private counseling practice, serves as an adjunct instructor in the graduate counseling psychology program at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, PA, and is an adjunct lecturer for the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY, New Paltz. Dr. O’Neill earned her doctorate in health sciences with a concentration in mental health. Her dissertation explored social support in communities impacted by hate-motivated mass shootings; the findings are being prepared for publication.

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