About Amy
Amy Elam is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) based in Michigan with 30 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. Amy aims to make the first steps feel manageable and supportive for anyone ready to begin.
She uses straightforward, person-centered conversation to learn what matters most to each client. Amy draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
She also brings in Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for emotion regulation and Mindfulness practices for staying present. Amy adapts sessions to fit each person’s needs and goals. That can mean working on communication patterns, building coping skills, or addressing issues like abandonment, attachment, body image, or impulsivity.
She is familiar with adoption and foster care concerns and with school-related special education processes. Sessions are practical and collaborative. Amy listens first, then offers tools and small steps to try between meetings.
She keeps language plain and focuses on what helps in day-to-day life. People who choose her often want a calm, steady guide while they work through anxiety, relationship stresses, or big life changes. Amy encourages clients to move at a pace that feels right and to set goals that are realistic and measurable.
How therapeutic approaches fit into online care
Amy often combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying thoughts and behaviors that contribute to anxiety and practicing new ways of thinking. DBT teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving coping in high-stress moments.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to shape sessions around each person’s goals. That means the therapist and client work together to choose which approaches to try and adjust the plan over time. Finding the right blend is a collaborative process based on needs, goals, and how a person responds to different techniques.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can support short check-ins or ongoing coaching between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules and to continue progress even when life is busy.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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