About Amy
Amy Conneely is a licensed clinical social worker in Maryland with over 15 years of experience. She holds a Master of Social Work and a background that includes hospital, hospice, oncology, and home health settings. Amy works with clients on common problems like anxiety and stress in straightforward, practical ways.
Amy has supported people dealing with depression, grief, trauma, and caregiver fatigue. She also helps with substance use concerns and challenges tied to parenting and family conflict.
Background and approach
Her experience includes geriatric care, nursing homes, assisted living, and residential programs for adults. In sessions she focuses on building a respectful and nonjudgmental relationship. She favors a strengths-based approach that notices what is working and builds from there.
Amy uses everyday language and concrete tools so people can practice new skills between meetings. Her methods include cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness practice, and client-centered listening. She also integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas and attachment-focused perspectives when those fit a person's goals.
The result is a flexible mix of skills, reflection, and problem-solving. Amy aims to help people reduce overwhelming feelings and find clearer ways to handle stress and life changes. She meets people where they are and works with them to set practical steps toward coping and recovery.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Amy often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and still move toward what matters. ACT mixes simple mindfulness and values-based actions to help with anxiety, stress, and life changes.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors. CBT gives concrete steps and homework that work well across video or phone sessions for depression, anxiety, and coping with change.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amy collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. She adapts tools from different models so sessions stay practical and goal-focused.
Online therapy offers flexibility to fit sessions into busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions require less bandwidth, and short live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for quick check-ins or brief skill practice. These options make it easier to keep momentum while managing everyday responsibilities.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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