About Amy
Amy Swetnam is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas with 36 years of experience. She has spent decades helping people face addictions, trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, and relationship or intimacy concerns. Amy focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier and more capable.
She encourages straightforward conversations about what’s causing stress or blocking progress. Sessions aim to identify patterns, set small goals, and try concrete tools between meetings.
How Amy works
Amy emphasizes respect and acceptance in how she interacts with each person. Her work often combines thinking-focused exercises with short-term solution planning and trauma-informed care. That mix helps people manage symptoms, improve coping, and make clearer decisions about next steps.
She pays attention to both immediate problems and longer-term patterns that keep them coming back. Amy also supports people dealing with caregiver strain, hospice and end-of-life concerns, career or life-purpose questions, and substance-related issues. She addresses feelings like guilt, shame, anger, and low self-esteem while helping people find ways to move forward.
Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. Amy helps people name what matters most, try practical changes, and track progress over time. She aims to make therapy understandable and useful for everyday life.
Amy lists 3 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.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 36 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Texas |
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Online support options
Online approaches that focus on solutions and healing
Amy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep problems active, then practice small changes that reduce symptoms and improve mood. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and managing addictive behaviors.She also draws on Solution-Focused Therapy, which emphasizes clear, short-term goals and practical strategies you can try between sessions. This approach suits people who want focused work and measurable steps toward specific outcomes.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Amy will discuss the options, consider your goals and preferences, and adapt methods as you go to find the best fit. She aims to keep the process collaborative and transparent so you know why particular tools are being used.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let you have a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work if bandwidth is limited, live chat provides a quick check-in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection and brief updates. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to continue work between meetings.
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A practical next step
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