About Amy
Amy Adams is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) practicing in Michigan with six years of clinical experience. She has a long history working in community mental health in the Grand Rapids and Lansing areas and uses that background to guide her work. Amy focuses on anxiety along with stress, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, and self-esteem concerns.
Amy keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She helps people talk through immediate worries, build coping skills, and work toward clearer goals.
Background and approach
She uses approaches such as Motivational Interviewing to support change and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing when trauma memories interfere with daily life. Her style is warm and direct. Amy aims to create an open space where people can say what they’re feeling without judgment.
She checks in about what’s working and adjusts the plan when needed. She also pays attention to life context and longer-term patterns. Issues like family of origin, caregiver stress, isolation, and questions about life purpose often come up in sessions.
Amy gives practical tools for panic attacks, mood shifts, seasonal mood changes, and social anxiety while also addressing deeper shame and guilt. If someone prefers simple, goal-focused support with room to explore deeper concerns, Amy matches structure with a collaborative tone. Her background in community mental health informs how she balances immediate needs and steady progress over time.
How EMDR and Motivational Interviewing work online
Amy uses two main approaches that translate well to online sessions. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, helps reduce the hold of traumatic memories by guiding gentle reprocessing of distressing moments and the reactions they cause. It is often used for post-traumatic stress, panic reactions, and trauma-related symptoms.Motivational Interviewing focuses on building a person’s own reasons and readiness for change. It uses open questions, reflective listening, and collaborative planning to strengthen motivation for steps like improving mood, reducing avoidance, or developing healthier habits.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Amy will talk through the options, listen to goals and concerns, and try methods that fit the person’s needs. She adjusts pace and techniques based on what helps most in real sessions.
Online therapy offers flexibility for many people. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging let people check in between sessions or have shorter, focused exchanges during busy days. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or school schedules while still using EMDR and Motivational Interviewing techniques effectively.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Family of origin issues
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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