About Amber
Amber Kissner is a licensed clinical social worker in Texas who helps people facing addictions, LGBT concerns, trauma and abuse, anger, and low self-esteem. She brings five years of therapy experience and aims to make asking for help feel manageable. She speaks English and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs.
She starts by listening to each person's story and spotting practical next steps.
How Amber works
Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and small skills to get there. Amber treats people as the experts on their own lives while offering support and guidance when choices feel overwhelming. Her background includes direct clinical work with substance use and trauma-related problems.
That experience informs straightforward strategies for managing strong emotions and improving self-worth. She also addresses related issues such as abandonment, codependency, body image, chronic illness, and family conflict. Therapy sessions mix talking, skill-building, and planning.
Amber helps people learn tools to reduce anger, cope with cravings, handle shame, and rebuild trust in themselves. The approach is collaborative and paced to each person's comfort level. Practical matters like scheduling and how sessions are run are discussed openly so people know what to expect.
Amber encourages those ready to try therapy to take the first step and schedule a time that works for them.
What Amber works with
The areas below are the ones Amber selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches for online healing
Amber uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change and emotional regulation. One approach emphasizes developing coping skills to manage strong emotions and anger; it teaches clear steps people can use when feelings escalate and helps with day-to-day reactions. Another approach targets substance use and addictive behaviors by breaking patterns, identifying triggers, and creating concrete relapse-prevention plans that fit a person's life.Choosing the best approach is a shared process. The therapist listens to a person's goals, symptoms, and preferences, then suggests options and adjusts methods over time. This collaborative stance helps make therapy feel relevant and usable rather than academic.
Online therapy with Amber includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls let people use visual cues during deeper conversations. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or for a quicker check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short updates, brief skills practice, or those who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to stick with the work between sessions.
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A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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