About Amargo
Amargo Crenshaw is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 20 years of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and relationship struggles. She practices from Georgia and offers sessions in English, including options for international clients. Her style is warm and direct, focusing on clear goals and practical steps.
Crenshaw emphasizes collaboration. She listens first, then helps people set small, achievable goals. Sessions often include concrete skills to manage strong emotions, improve communication, and change unhelpful patterns.
How Amargo works
She draws on methods that focus on thoughts, behavior, and present-day solutions. Her background includes long experience supporting people through trauma and abuse, mood difficulties such as bipolar disorder and depression, and challenges related to family and parenting. She also works with people facing substance and alcohol problems and with those coping after loss or major life change.
Amargo uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior. She uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach attention and grounding skills that reduce reactivity. Motivational Interviewing helps when people feel stuck about change.
Sessions are framed around each person’s strengths and values. She helps people try practical strategies between meetings and checks what is working. The aim is measurable progress and clearer next steps.
People who prefer straightforward guidance, a focus on skill-building, and a mix of short-term strategies and deeper trauma work may find her approach helpful. Contact begins with a simple matching process and scheduling to fit the person’s needs.
Amargo lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Amargo works with
The areas below are the ones Amargo selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Georgia |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches fit into online care
Amargo often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT focuses on practical exercises and homework that can be reviewed during sessions to create clear, measurable change. Mindfulness Therapy is another common tool she uses, teaching simple attention and grounding practices to reduce stress and improve emotional regulation. These skills translate well to short exercises people can practice between sessions.Motivational Interviewing is used when someone feels uncertain about making a change. It focuses on exploring ambivalence and building motivation through gentle, structured conversation. Together, these approaches allow sessions to be goal-oriented while still addressing deeper issues like trauma when needed. Finding the right mix is part of the work - the therapist will collaborate with each person to choose approaches that match their needs, goals, and preferences.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face to face when convenient. Phone sessions can be easier when lower bandwidth or hands-free conversation is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer quick check-ins and ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep progress moving forward in flexible ways.
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