About Amie
Amie Eipers is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship questions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, grief, and life transitions. She has two decades of experience in personal counseling and supports people working through intimacy concerns, parenting strain, anger, depression, and compassion fatigue. Her approach centers on listening first and building on each person's strengths.
Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking rather than jargon.
How Amie works
Amie treats concerns like communication problems, commitment worries, body image, and codependency by helping clients identify patterns and try small changes. She also addresses complex histories such as abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, family of origin wounds, divorce and separation, and domestic violence. Substance use and eating-related problems appear in her work alongside caregiver stress and blended family challenges.
Over time she helps people find better ways to cope and make decisions that fit their lives. Amie draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to tailor care for each person. She works collaboratively to set goals and check progress so sessions stay focused and useful.
Her practice accepts people in English and welcomes international clients for remote sessions. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on the therapist's availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What Amie works with
The areas below are the ones Amie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Amie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical problem solving and healing from trauma. One approach helps people recognize unhelpful patterns in relationships and communication, then practices new ways of relating that reduce conflict and improve intimacy. Another approach focuses on trauma-related symptoms by breaking problems into smaller parts and teaching coping skills to manage distressing memories and reactions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust tactics when something is not helping. Clients are invited to voice preferences so care matches their pace and priorities.
Online therapy offers flexibility and easier scheduling. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is useful. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief updates, quick coping strategies, or when a written exchange fits someone's day better.
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