International Speaker, Educator, and Author

Amy Lawlor Levine is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker providing consulting services for over 25 years. She has worked in hospice care, palliative care and geriatric psychiatry.

Amy has a special interest in minimizing the isolation and loneliness of serious illness.

She has provided consultation, speaking engagements and created programs in the field of aging, serious illness and end of life in the U.S, Canada and the United Kingdom.

She has presented at various conferences to include, NYU Palliative Care Conference, Hospice and Palliative Care Association of New York State, and the American Hospital Association.She has provided educational seminars and workshops for colleges and universities, to include Sarah Lawrence, Rutgers University and as a visiting scholar at the Central Lancashire School of Medicine (U.K.).

In 2003, Amy joined The Doula Program (Doula to Accompany and Comfort, a program of the social service agency JBFCS) to train and supervise Doula Volunteers and expand professional training in end of life conversations. In 2012, Amy established the New York City based nonprofit organization, Doula Program to Accompany and Comfort, Inc. collaborating with city wide healthcare and social services organizations to provide trained end of life Doula Volunteers.

In 2010, Amy developed the specialized inpatient Palliative Care Doula Volunteer Program utilized by major hospitals, to include the Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital and Bellevue Hospital in New York City.

Amy’s work has been recognized in publications such as The New York Times, (London) Financial Times, HuffPost and Medscape. She has been a contributing writer to the Huffington Post on her work with people at the end of life.

Her essay launched HuffPost Personal in 2018 I Work With People Facing the End of Their Lives.

Amy’s book Final Wishes, a Journal For Reflections on Life and Guidance for Settling Your Affairs, is a creative guide for individuals at all ages and at all stages of life.

She currently co-chairs a hospital based committee of New York City healthcare professionals focused on providing Palliative Care for individuals with serious illness and experiencing homelessness. She has served on the Unbefriended Task Force, an initiative addressing healthcare and end of life wishes for individual’s without friends or family.

She holds a Master of Social Work degree and Certificate in Worksite Wellness Programs from New York University. She is a graduate of the Metta Institute’s End Of Life Practitioners Program, and studied with Frank Ostaseski and Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen. Amy is a certified Respecting Choices Facilitator for advance care planning.