About Amy
Amy Whitaker is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping people manage anxiety, stress, relationship strain, grief, and big life changes. She works with adults and couples who are facing difficult transitions or conflicts and offers steady, practical support. Amy focuses on listening first.
She creates space for people to talk through what feels hard and then helps them notice patterns that shape their reactions. She pays attention to daily habits, thoughts, and choices so clients can make changes that fit their lives.
Background and approach
Her approach blends goal-focused work and person-centered conversation. That means sessions can include skill-building, problem-solving, and time to reflect on values and priorities. Amy aims to balance encouragement with gentle challenge so clients leave feeling clearer and more confident about next steps.
She has worked across a range of concerns including infertility, caregiving stress, aging and geriatric issues, cancer and hospice-related needs, and career or financial strain. She also supports people dealing with isolation, midlife transitions, anger, guilt, and self-esteem challenges. Amy uses methods that help people set practical goals and shift unhelpful thinking.
She combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with solution-focused strategies and motivational techniques while keeping the client's perspective central. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How Amy’s Approaches Work Online
Amy commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in online work. CBT helps people notice patterns in thoughts and behaviors and learn specific strategies to reduce anxiety and manage mood. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and supporting the person’s own goals, giving space to reflect and make decisions that feel right.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Amy will talk with clients about goals and preferences, try techniques, and adjust the plan together. She aims to match methods to each person’s needs rather than sticking to one fixed model.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible. Video is useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth or quick check-ins matter, live chat and text messaging let people share thoughts between sessions or check in without scheduling a longer meeting. These options allow flexibility for work schedules, caregiving demands, or geographic distance.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Kentucky, Florida
- Languages
- English
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