About Amy
Amy Hayes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 22 years of experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and challenges with addiction or bipolar mood concerns. Her approach is practical and steady, aimed at helping people take small steps that reduce overwhelm and restore balance.
Amy has worked in both large cities and small towns and has experience with varied cultural backgrounds. She says she tailors counseling to each person's needs and comfort level.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what feels manageable now and what can change over time. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. She also uses humanistic and empowering strategies to build on strengths and values.
Task-oriented techniques help break problems into small, doable steps. Many clients come for help with life transitions, blended-family stress, or longer-term struggles like trauma and grief. Amy blends short-term problem solving with attention to deeper, lasting concerns.
The work often mixes practical skill building with supportive conversations about meaning and priorities. Amy describes her motivation as coming from personal experience overcoming major life challenges. She aims to support, motivate, and help people find inner strength.
If someone is ready to take a first step, she offers a collaborative space to begin making changes.
How Amy Uses Practical Approaches Online
Amy commonly draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. This approach breaks problems into specific skills and actions that can reduce anxiety and improve mood. She also uses humanistic, strengths-based work to help people clarify what matters and build on their own resources.She treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. Together the therapist and client review goals, try methods, and adjust based on what feels most helpful. That way work stays focused on the client's needs and preferences rather than following a fixed plan.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits for this style of work. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging make it easier to share brief updates, practice skills between sessions, and fit therapy into busy days. These options create flexibility so people can keep making steady progress on anxiety, stress, grief, or relationship concerns.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Delaware, Idaho
- Languages
- English
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