About
- CBT for coping skills
- Short-term psychodynamic work
- Grief and caregiver support
About Amy
Amy Klein Duane is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Arizona and California with about 30 years of clinical experience. She helps people who are managing stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, grief, parenting strain, and relationship and family concerns. She also works with people facing trauma and abuse, ADHD, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, and life transitions.
Her work draws on practical, goal-focused methods. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to teach coping skills and to break unhelpful patterns. She blends that with short-term psychodynamic ideas when it helps to understand recurring relationship or emotional patterns.
Amy has substantial experience with aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and bereavement. She has also worked with selective mutism and social anxiety, and in programs serving people with chronic mental illness.
In sessions she focuses on identifying clear steps a person can use outside of the session. She often pairs skills practice with reflections about how past relationships shape present difficulties. The aim is to reduce immediate distress and build better ways of coping over time.
Amy offers sessions in English and practises in Arizona. To begin, a person uses the site matching process to choose an online therapy option and schedule a first session. The subscription structure for sessions can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Amy commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and short-term psychodynamic approaches. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and building concrete coping skills that a person can practice between sessions. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and parenting-related struggles. Short-term psychodynamic work looks at recurring patterns in relationships and emotional life to understand why certain problems persist and to shift those patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. She discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts methods over time. The process is collaborative - goals, pacing, and which techniques to try are decided together based on the person’s needs.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel, and allow shorter check-ins when time is limited. Amy pairs skill practice and brief reflective work in ways that aim to fit into everyday routines rather than require major schedule changes.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
30+ years
Listed in
California, Arizona
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, grief, parenting strain, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, ADHD, and self-esteem issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is practical and goal-focused, often using CBT to teach coping skills and short-term psychodynamic ideas to address recurring patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has about 30 years of clinical experience, including work with aging issues, bereavement, social anxiety, and day treatment programs for chronic mental illness.
What are her credentials and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Arizona and California and practices in Arizona.
Does she work in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US or in other countries work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to try sessions?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.