About Amy
Amy Whitaker uses a collaborative, person-focused approach to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and major life changes. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience. Amy offers straightforward support and practical tools so people can make choices they feel good about.
Amy draws on client-centered methods to listen carefully and understand each person's priorities. She combines that with cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thought patterns and try new behaviors.
How Amy works
Motivational interviewing and solution-focused work are used when someone wants direct goals and quick steps forward. Many people seek Amy for relationship or family concerns, caregiving strain, fertility and infertility issues, or career and money stress. She also addresses aging and geriatric questions, cancer and hospice-related concerns, guilt and shame, and feelings of isolation.
Amy works with people facing divorce, infidelity, or midlife change and those coping with chronic illness in themselves or a loved one. Sessions focus on clear, manageable strategies. Amy helps people break problems into small steps and tests what works in daily life.
She pays attention to both feelings and practical choices so progress feels tangible. Her background as an LCSW brings two decades of experience supporting adults through transitions. Amy aims to be a steady presence while offering grounding tools and realistic plans for change.
Amy lists 4 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
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kentucky |
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Online support options
Approaches and online options for everyday challenges
Amy commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a trusting conversation where the person's priorities guide the work. This approach focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people clarify what they want to change.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior. CBT is practical for anxiety, depression, and stress because it targets specific thoughts and tests new ways of coping.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amy will discuss goals and preferences and try approaches that fit the person's needs. Together they track what helps and adjust plans when needed to keep progress moving.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people see and hear each other while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat or text messaging work well for quick check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone prefers writing. These formats offer flexibility so therapy can fit into work, caregiving, or treatment schedules.
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