Amy Wagenfeld

Amy Wagenfeld, PhD, OTR/L, SCEM, EDAC, FAOTA is an occupational therapist, therapeutic and universal design consultant, educator, researcher, and author. She is on faculty of Boston University’s Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctoral program and University of Washington’s Department of Landscape Architecture and is Principal of Amy Wagenfeld | Design, a therapeutic design consulting organization. She was awarded the American Society of Landscape Architects Outstanding Service Award and the American Occupational Therapy Association Recognition of Achievement for her unique blending of occupational therapy and therapeutic design. Amy publishes and presents widely on topics related to nature and health and is co-author of the award-winning book, Therapeutic Gardens: Design for Healing Spaces published by Timber Press. Her newest co-authored books include Nature Based Allied Health Practice: Creative and Evidence-Based Strategies published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers and The Nature of Inclusive Play (2024 release) published by Routledge, Inc.