About Amber
Amber Trinkle is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in New York who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She focuses on practical steps people can use each day. Her approach is warm and down-to-earth, aimed at making therapy feel straightforward and useful.
With ten years of experience, Amber draws on several therapy styles to meet each person where they are. She uses client-centered techniques that keep the conversation focused on what matters most to the client.
Background and approach
She also brings in cognitive behavioral strategies to identify unhelpful thinking and replace it with more workable habits. Amber uses elements of motivational interviewing to support change when people feel stuck. She also incorporates mindfulness skills to help reduce racing thoughts and improve sleep.
These tools are offered in ways that fit a person’s life and goals, not as one-size-fits-all prescriptions. Her background includes work in a range of settings with people facing mood concerns, parenting stress, relationship strains, and effects of past trauma. She has experience supporting people dealing with ADHD symptoms, addiction issues, grief, and questions about identity.
Sessions are conversational and practical. Amber helps clients set attainable goals and build small routines that add up to real change. She gives clear strategies and practices people can try between sessions to see what works for them.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online work
Amber commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice patterns and try practical changes. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so clients can set their own goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and offers exercises to test and change them.She also uses mindfulness techniques to help manage overwhelming thoughts and improve sleep. Mindfulness teaches simple attention and breathing practices that can reduce reactivity and support calm in daily life. Choosing the right mix of approaches is collaborative; the therapist will work with the client to decide what fits best based on goals, symptoms, and personal preferences.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing expressions matters. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let clients share updates between sessions and get support in smaller steps. These formats give flexibility while keeping therapy focused on real-world tools and progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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