About Amy
Amy FitzGerald is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in North Carolina. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, depression, grief, career transitions, and trauma-related concerns. Amy also supports people dealing with ADHD, compassion fatigue, LGBT issues, family tensions, and fertility or adoption questions.
Amy takes a straightforward, supportive approach. She treats each person as the expert on their life and works collaboratively to set clear goals.
How Amy works
Sessions may include both conversation and body-based techniques to help people feel more grounded and able to act on their values. Her practice draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness skills, motivational interviewing, and somatic methods. These tools are used to reduce unhelpful patterns, manage difficult feelings, and increase clarity about what matters most.
Amy tailors methods to fit each person’s needs and comfort level. With 14 years of clinical work, Amy has experience with adoptive and birth parents, adoptees, youth at risk, and adults in demanding academic and career paths. Her background includes extensive study in yoga and meditation practices that are trauma informed, such as Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction and Integrative Restoration iRest.
Amy emphasizes practical steps people can use between sessions. She aims to help people build manageable routines, strengthen relationships, and find steadier footing when life becomes overwhelming.
Amy lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Amy works with
The areas below are the ones Amy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | North Carolina |
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Online support options
Online approaches that combine thinking and body awareness
Amy commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people identify their values and take small actions toward them even when feelings are difficult. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression, life transitions, and building a clearer sense of purpose.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and shift behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is practical for managing anxiety, depression, relationship patterns, and stress at work or school.
Mindfulness practices are integrated into sessions to help people notice thoughts and bodily sensations without getting swept away. These exercises can reduce reactivity and support better emotion regulation during parenting, caregiving, or high-pressure periods.
Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try different techniques and adjust the plan based on what helps in day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people keep face-to-face connection when schedules or distance make in-person meetings hard. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging provide quick access for brief updates, real-time problem solving, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, caregiving, and travel routines.
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