About Amie
Amie Stefanich is a Licensed Master Social Worker and Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people coping with stress and anxiety. She works with adults facing mood concerns, relationship strain, grief, addiction, burnout, and self-esteem struggles. Her tone is straightforward and compassionate.
Amie aims to make the first steps less overwhelming for someone who is worried or unsure where to begin. She begins by meeting people where they are and listening without judgment.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear, practical steps that can be used between meetings. Amie blends cognitive behavioral ideas with solution-focused conversations to create plans that fit everyday life. Amie has about 10 years of experience in clinical settings across Illinois and Indiana and now practices in Michigan.
Her background includes supporting people through end-of-life decisions, hospice and grief work, and caregiver stress. She also has experience with first responder concerns, cancer-related issues, and aging or geriatric matters. In the room she uses a respectful, direct style.
Motivational interviewing is part of her toolkit when people are weighing change or facing addiction. Together with each person she adapts the pace and focus to match goals and priorities. Amie offers sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
She encourages people who are ready to take a step toward change to start with a short questionnaire and schedule a meeting.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and creating a respectful space. The therapist focuses on understanding each person’s experience and follows their lead to set goals and next steps. This approach helps with emotions like grief, anxiety, and low self-esteem because it centers the person’s voice.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It uses brief, practical exercises to change patterns that increase anxiety or depression. CBT is useful for stress, social anxiety, mood disorders, and many day-to-day struggles.
Motivational Interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change. It uses open questions and reflective listening to explore values and build motivation. This can be helpful for addictions, behavior change, and commitment to treatment plans.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort with online formats. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions offer practical benefits like easier scheduling and fewer travel barriers. Video calls work well for longer therapy sessions, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suit quick check-ins or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Depression
Also listed
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Indiana, Michigan
- Languages
- English
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