About Amy
Amy Shapton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California with 13 years of professional experience. She draws on a long history in medical social work to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and big life changes. Amy uses practical, evidence-based methods and clear steps to help clients move forward.
Her background includes more than a decade working in medical settings, including 11 years supporting patients and families in oncology.
Background and approach
That experience shaped her understanding of how people adjust after difficult events and how resilience can be rebuilt over time. She focuses on helping people cope with role changes, identity shifts, and the emotional ripple effects of major life events. Amy emphasizes a strengths-based approach that helps people notice what already works for them.
She guides clients to grow self-compassion, manage guilt and shame, and repair communication problems that strain relationships. Social anxiety, phobias, isolation, and questions about life purpose are also common topics she addresses. When it fits the situation, Amy will use a post-traumatic growth perspective to help clients find meaning after hardship.
Her style is compassionate and straightforward. Sessions aim to be collaborative, practical, and focused on steps a person can try between meetings. Her training and long clinical experience support a calm, steady approach to change.
She helps people set realistic goals, try new coping strategies, and build routines that reduce anxiety and improve day-to-day functioning.
Approach-focused online therapy that fits your life
Amy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on thinking patterns and rebuilding strengths. Cognitive behavioral methods target unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teach practical skills for managing anxiety, sleep problems, and low mood. These techniques help people notice thought patterns, test new behaviors, and track small wins over time.She also draws on a strengths-based and post-traumatic growth perspective when it suits the situation. That means identifying existing skills and resources, and gently exploring how hardship has affected values and purpose. This approach can help people move from simply surviving to finding new meaning and direction after difficult events.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they adjust methods over time so sessions match changing needs and progress.
Online therapy offers flexible options like video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or when you prefer not to be on camera, and chat or messaging can fit quick check-ins and ongoing support. These formats make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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