About Ami
Ami Cantway is a licensed independent clinical social worker in Minnesota who helps people facing relationship strain, parenting stress, low self-esteem, and big life changes. She writes and talks in straightforward ways to make the first steps easier for worried parents and adults. Her approach aims to be respectful and compassionate while keeping goals practical.
Ami uses short-term tools and longer conversations depending on what the person needs. She draws on problem-solving and skills practice to improve communication and confidence.
How Ami works
Sessions can focus on concrete steps for parenting challenges, repairing strained connections, or coping with transitions. Over nine years she has worked with people on issues such as codependency, attachment concerns, control struggles, and isolation. She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, pain, fertility questions, and the emotional fallout from divorce or separation.
Her background includes helping clients untangle guilt, shame, and questions of life purpose. Her style centers on listening first and then tailoring the conversation and plan to each person. That might mean learning new ways to handle hard feelings, trying behavioral experiments, or practicing mindfulness skills.
Ami helps clients set realistic goals and build small habits that create change. She offers sessions in English and combines evidence-informed tools with a client-centered stance. If taking the first step feels hard, she focuses on steady, manageable progress that fits each person’s life.
Ami lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Ami works with
The areas below are the ones Ami selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Minnesota |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online support
Ami uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. ACT emphasizes values-driven choices so people can take small, meaningful steps even when things feel hard.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test new behaviors. CBT focuses on hands-on strategies such as tracking thoughts, trying experiments, and building new habits that improve mood and relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ami will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences, and she will adjust strategies as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and deeper conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suits quick check-ins or brief skill practice. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days and to continue 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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