About Amy
Amy Silberman is a licensed clinical social worker with 24 years of experience based in New York. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety while working toward clearer relationships and stronger self-esteem. Amy uses straightforward methods that aim to reduce daily strain and improve how people feel and function.
She combines client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Mindfulness strategies are used to teach simple ways to settle the mind and reduce reactivity in stressful moments. Solution-focused ideas help set small, achievable goals so progress can be felt quickly. Amy often supports people through life changes such as career transitions, adoption and foster care concerns, fertility and parenting stresses, caregiving demands, and issues around aging.
She also addresses eating and sleeping concerns, chronic pain or illness, and challenges tied to body image and self-worth. Grief, compassion fatigue, and commitment or control issues are part of her work as well. Sessions emphasize clear communication, practical tools, and attention to emotional history when it matters.
Amy helps clients make plans that fit their daily lives and checks in on what’s working. The aim is steady, usable change rather than quick fixes. People who want straightforward talk, coping skills, and steady guidance may find her style helpful.
Initial questions are welcomed before scheduling to make sure the fit feels right.
How approaches like CBT and mindfulness work online
Amy uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice patterns of thinking that increase stress and anxiety, and then test small behavior changes to see what helps. CBT is practical and problem-focused, which can work well for issues like worry, sleep disruption, or low mood.She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity and calm the nervous system. Mindfulness exercises can be short and easily practiced between sessions to support steady progress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amy will talk with each person about goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust the plan as needed. That collaborative process helps identify whether CBT, mindfulness, solution-focused steps, or a mix feels most helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for skills practice. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging support brief check-ins, homework exchanges, or ongoing coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to use therapy during work breaks, while managing caregiving duties, or when travel makes in-person visits difficult.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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