- 36 years experience
- Practical strategies
- Work and wellbeing
About Amy
Amy Swetnam is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 36 years of experience supporting people through difficult life moments. She has spent decades helping clients manage stress, depression, grief, trauma, and relationship struggles. Amy emphasizes practical steps and clear conversation to help people move forward.
Her approach is down-to-earth and collaborative. She aims to build a working relationship where clients feel respected and heard. Together they set realistic goals and create simple action plans that fit daily life.
Amy uses methods that focus on present problems and workable solutions. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot patterns that keep problems going. She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to identify strengths and quick steps toward change.
She has worked with people facing addiction, caregiver stress, career concerns, eating and intimacy-related issues, and complicated grief. Additional areas she addresses include first responder issues, postpartum depression, and life purpose questions.
Clients can expect a respectful, nonjudgmental space where practical skills and problem-solving are emphasized. Amy aims to help people gain tools they can use outside of sessions. Anyone considering therapy is encouraged to reach out and see if her style feels like a good fit.
How Amy’s approaches translate to online therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and replace them with practical alternatives. It is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and mood shifts and focuses on specific skills and homework between sessions.Solution-Focused Therapy centers on identifying strengths and small steps that lead toward a preferred future. Sessions tend to be goal-oriented and are useful when someone wants concrete changes or quick wins to improve work and wellbeing.
Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and then recommend or adapt methods that make sense. That plan can change as progress is made and new priorities emerge.
If you are considering online therapy, check which session formats the therapist currently offers before booking. Confirming formats helps you fit sessions into a busy day, such as choosing shorter check-ins, sessions that do not require video, or times that work around work and caregiving. Online work can make it easier to keep continuity of care and to apply new skills between meetings, while still letting the therapist and client decide together what will work best.
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Experience
36+ years
Credentials
Texas
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
Amy works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, eating concerns, and caregiver strain.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and solution-focused with simple, practical steps. Sessions emphasize clear goals and skills people can use between sessions.
How long has she been practicing?
She brings 36 years of professional experience as a counselor working with thousands of clients over her career.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - practicing in Texas.
Can I see a therapist in another language or from another country?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered for your needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.