Amy Powers

Amy Powers is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 17 years of clinical experience. She uses a direct but warm style to help people who are stressed, angry, anxious, or facing big life changes. Amy focuses on practical steps people can use right away. She tailors each plan to the person in front of her.

Amy primarily uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy and mindfulness strategies when emotion regulation and distress tolerance are needed. Solution-focused techniques help keep sessions goal-oriented and forward moving.

Her background includes work with mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, anxiety and panic, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, and trauma and abuse. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, parenting challenges, blended family issues, caregiver stress, and problems with trust, control, or communication.

Amy aims to be straightforward and respectful during sessions. She builds a plan that fits each person’s goals and daily life. That might mean learning new coping skills, practicing communication, or setting small steps toward change.

People who choose her can expect a practical approach that balances tough conversations with empathy. She invites those ready to make changes to begin by describing current concerns and setting clear, achievable goals together.

How her approaches adapt to online work

Amy uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change thinking patterns that fuel stress, anger, or depression. CBT sessions often include clear steps, skill practice, and homework to try between meetings. Dialectical behavior therapy is used when strong emotions are overwhelming; DBT offers breathing, grounding, and emotion-regulation skills to use in the moment. Mindfulness therapy adds simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amy collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and daily routine. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as needed so techniques are useful and realistic.

Confirm available session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography. Online therapy can help fit sessions into busy lives by reducing travel time, making it easier to schedule shorter check-ins, or allowing sessions when work or caregiving makes leaving difficult. It also supports steady skill practice between meetings so progress can continue outside session time.