About Amy
Amy Morantes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Florida who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She works with adults facing depression, grief, parenting strain, relationship problems, and big life changes. Amy also supports people coping with trauma, substance concerns, career shifts, and compassion fatigue.
Amy draws on ten years of clinical experience to keep sessions practical and goal oriented. She uses straightforward talk and focused exercises to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new ways of responding.
Background and approach
Many sessions include simple tools to practice between meetings so progress continues outside the session time. <brHer approach centers on the person in the room. That means listening first, then helping someone set clear, achievable goals. Amy blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused steps to move toward those goals.
Mindfulness skills and motivational interviewing are added when they fit a person's needs, especially for stress, substance concerns, or motivation to change. She pays attention to how family background and ongoing life systems affect day-to-day choices and mood. Amy emphasizes small, manageable changes and steady skill building.
She encourages clients to notice strengths and to try practical experiments that reduce anxiety and improve coping. The work is collaborative and paced to each person's readiness.
Approach and online therapy options that fit your life
Amy commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy to prioritize each person's concerns and goals. This approach emphasizes listening, respect, and working at the client's pace to identify what matters most and set useful goals.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes. CBT is often chosen for anxiety, depression, and stress because it teaches clear skills to manage symptoms and test new ways of coping.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Amy will discuss options, try techniques together, and adjust methods based on your goals and how you respond. The plan evolves from session to session so it stays relevant to your needs.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well if bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when a shorter communication fits a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on consistent progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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