Amy Conneely

Amy Conneely is a licensed clinical social worker in Maryland with more than 15 years of experience. She earned both a Bachelor of Social Work and a Master of Social Work from Delaware State University. Amy has worked across medical, geriatric, substance use, and residential care settings, helping people with common and complex concerns.

She draws on hands-on experience in hospitals, hospice, oncology, home health, nursing homes, assisted living, substance abuse treatment, and adult residential programs. That range helps her see how physical health, caregiving duties, and life transitions affect mood and behavior. She uses this perspective when calming intense emotions like anger and when addressing stress or anxiety.

Amy favors short-term, practical ways to reduce distress alongside deeper work on patterns that keep problems coming back. She uses approaches such as cognitive behavioral methods, dialectical behavior techniques, acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking, and client-centered care. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing also appear in her work.

In sessions she aims to treat people with dignity and respect and to avoid judgment. She focuses on strengths and on clear, workable steps clients can try between meetings. Many people reach out for help with depression, grief, trauma, addictions, parenting strain, relationship problems, and coping with life changes.

Her background in medical and geriatric settings also supports work with chronic illness, caregiver stress, or cancer-related concerns. Those interested in starting can expect a collaborative, practical approach that attends both to immediate coping and longer-term goals.

Approaches that translate to online work

Amy uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment ideas alongside attachment-informed and client-centered care. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and choose values-driven actions rather than getting stuck in avoidance.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and everyday life. That may mean trying a skills-based focus for a few sessions, then shifting to deeper attachment or processing work if needed.

The biography does not specify which online session formats are available, so confirm options before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, provide shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also allows people to practice mindfulness, DBT skills, or behavioral experiments in the settings where they actually live and work, which can speed up learning and carryover to daily routines.