About Amy
Amy Wilder is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Illinois with 30 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship or parenting challenges. Her approach is practical and person-focused, aimed at finding workable steps for everyday problems.
Amy draws on several counseling methods to meet each person where they are. She uses client-centered work to listen closely and shape goals around what matters to the individual.
How Amy works
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and build new coping skills. Mindfulness practices are offered to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness. She also brings psychodynamic ideas to understand how past experiences affect current patterns.
Solution-focused techniques help people set specific, achievable goals and notice small changes that add up over time. Sessions are collaborative and paced to match each person’s needs. Amy has supported people through a wide range of concerns including self-esteem, body image, caregiver stress, blended family issues, fertility and divorce-related problems.
She also addresses career transitions, compassion fatigue, and coping after natural or human-caused disasters. Her long experience includes work across different settings and life stages. Therapy with Amy typically centers on listening, practical skill-building, and making steady progress toward goals.
She offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
Amy lists 5 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
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 30 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Amy uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus on each person's priorities and to build goals from their own values. This approach involves listening closely and shaping sessions around what the client wants to change or understand. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to spot unhelpful thoughts and create practical strategies to manage anxiety, depression, and stress. CBT often includes simple exercises that can be practiced between sessions online.The right approach is usually decided together. Amy will talk with each person about their goals, history, and preferred ways of working. She adapts methods over time so the plan stays useful and realistic for day-to-day life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversational work, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging offer quick, focused touchpoints between longer sessions. These options help make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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