Amber Winick's professional practice centers around the wellbeing of mothers, children and families. She works hand-in-hand with parents, young children, cultural producers and designers alike to facilitate ease, confidence and a greater sense of purpose and pleasure.

As a writer, design scholar, coach and group facilitator, Amber is committed to cultivating slower, more conscious communities of care.

She co-founder of the Designing Motherhood project, is co-author of Designing Motherhood: Things That Make and Break Our Births, and co-curated the the exhibition series.

She studied child development and cultural anthropology at Sarah Lawrence College. At the Bard Graduate Center, she earned a Master’s in design history and material culture.

Amber has also trained in advance dance/movement psychotherapy for children and caregivers with Dr. Suzi Tortora, RIE®, the Anna Freud Center, Sarah Lawrence College’s Early Childhood Center and she has done extensive research into the life and work of Emmi Pikler and Lóczy, all of which inform the way she works. She is currently working toward therapeutic licensure.

She also has three children of her own and is grateful to have a deep and personal connection to her work.