About Amy
Amy McKinney helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, addictions, sleep problems, mood concerns, and questions about identity and relationships. She is a Wyoming psychologist with ten years of clinical experience. Her tone is straightforward and encouraging for someone unsure about therapy.
Amy began her career treating soldiers in the military and later broadened her practice to address a wide range of concerns. She works with mood disorders including bipolar conditions, as well as compulsive behaviors and substance use.
How Amy works
She also supports people coping with life changes, career stress, compassion fatigue, and parenting strains. Her approach blends practical skills with attention to personal values. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and on acceptance-based strategies to build a more flexible relationship with difficult emotions.
Mindfulness and client-centered principles guide sessions so people feel heard and involved in decisions. Amy also uses therapies that address trauma symptoms and intense emotional reactions. This includes methods that target traumatic memories and skills that help regulate strong feelings.
She layers these tools with coaching-style work for people wanting clearer life direction and purpose. Sessions are conversational and goal-focused. Amy aims to help people notice patterns, try small changes, and build everyday habits that match their goals.
She invites clients to bring their questions and hopes so they can shape treatment together.
Amy lists 7 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.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | WY Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wyoming |
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Online support options
Approach and access in online therapy
Amy uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take small, goal-directed steps that match those values. ACT mixes simple exercises with real-life actions to reduce stuck patterns and increase meaningful activity.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test them with practical experiments. CBT helps with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and patterns that keep people feeling stuck. When trauma symptoms are present, Amy may use trauma-focused techniques that target distressing memories and teach emotional regulation skills.
Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. Amy will talk with each person about their goals, try different tools when needed, and adjust the plan based on what feels helpful. She focuses on clear steps and regular check-ins so progress is visible.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into varied schedules. Video sessions are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone calls work when bandwidth is limited, and messaging lets people check in between meetings or do shorter check-ins during a busy day.
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