About Amy
Amy Saarnio Wyka is a licensed social worker with 21 years of clinical experience. She holds an LMSW in Michigan and an LCSW in Wisconsin and brings steady, practical help to people facing hard moments. Amy focuses on clear, down-to-earth support rather than jargon.
She helps people who are dealing with family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, and depression. She also works with concerns such as anxiety, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and stress-related problems.
How Amy works
Other areas she addresses include eating and sleeping troubles, anger, self-esteem, career difficulties, bipolar challenges, and ADHD. Amy uses approaches that center the person and their attachments, along with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas are part of her toolbox when people need focused steps forward.
Sessions aim to blend practical skills with attention to the client’s feelings and history. Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. She creates space for people to talk about their thoughts and feelings and works with them to set goals.
Amy encourages small, manageable changes and helps people practice new ways of coping between sessions. Getting started is framed as a collaborative process. Amy helps people figure out which goals matter most and which strategies are likely to fit their life.
She practices in Michigan and conducts sessions in English.
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.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMSW, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How Amy’s Approaches Work Online
Attachment-based work looks at how past relationships shape current feelings and reactions. In online sessions this helps people connect patterns in their close relationships and practice new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors; it works well for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating concerns by breaking down problems into small, manageable steps. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication when stress or anger becomes overwhelming.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will listen to your goals, try different strategies, and adjust the plan as needed. You will work together to pick tools that fit your day-to-day life and priorities, with room to change course if something isn’t working.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you see facial cues and use screen tools for worksheets. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or you want a quicker check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter, ongoing support between sessions and make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules.
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