About Amy
Amy Heim is a licensed clinical social worker in New York with 15 years of experience. She focuses on practical, everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, relationship problems, and ADHD. Amy aims to make the first step feel manageable and supportive for people considering therapy.
She invites people to talk about what’s hard in a straightforward way. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, useful changes that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Amy uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice and change unhelpful thinking patterns. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values and take actions that matter to them. Attachment-based ideas guide work around closeness, trust, and how early relationships affect current connections.
Mindfulness and narrative techniques are added when helpful to change unhelpful stories people tell about themselves. In sessions Amy often works on coping skills for big life changes, grief, parenting stress, and career strain. She helps people break down problems into doable steps and practices that can be used between meetings.
Conversations are practical and aimed at making daily life feel less chaotic. Amy offers phone, video, live chat, and text-based options for sessions. She supports people who want steady planning and those who need shorter check-ins.
The goal is steady progress that fits a person’s schedule and responsibilities.
Therapy approaches and online care that fit your life
Amy commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people identify what matters most and take small actions in that direction. ACT focuses on values and flexible behavior rather than just trying to stop difficult thoughts.She also incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking and test new, more useful ways of responding. CBT is practical and often includes exercises you can try between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amy will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their needs and goals. She tailors strategies together with the client, adjusting over time based on what helps in real life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for deeper conversations while phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins or to keep momentum between longer sessions. These formats help fit therapy into busy schedules and varied routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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