About Amy
Dr. Amy Guertin helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or unsure how to move forward. She focuses on practical steps parents and adults can use when stress, depression, or relationship strain make daily life harder.
Dr. Guertin speaks plainly and keeps sessions focused on what clients want to change. She has 29 years of experience as an LCPC - Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois.
That experience includes supporting people facing mood problems, panic attacks, social anxiety, ADHD, and the fallout from trauma and abuse.
How Amy works
She also helps clients work through common issues like communication problems and family conflict. Her style blends approaches that encourage action and self-awareness. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps uncover unhelpful thoughts and build different coping skills.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and choose actions that match their values. Dr. Guertin also uses client-centered and solution-focused methods to keep sessions practical and goal oriented.
That means she listens closely, follows each person's lead, and helps set small, doable steps toward change. Sessions aim to feel collaborative rather than prescriptive. People who come to her usually want clear strategies for coping and steady progress over time.
Her work is straightforward and task-oriented, with room for the personal story behind each concern. She practices in Illinois and conducts sessions in English.
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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
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 29 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online care
Dr. Guertin uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to guide online sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, panic, and depression. ACT encourages noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them while choosing actions that match personal values and long-term goals. Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each client to identify which methods fit best for their goals, needs, and preferences. That might mean starting with skill-building from CBT, then adding ACT ideas to support values-based choices. The plan is adjusted over time based on what helps most. Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face from different locations, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins or real-time problem solving, and text messaging is useful for ongoing, flexible contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and daily life.Start online instead of waiting
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