- CBT strategies
- Mindfulness skills
- Goal focused work
About Amy
Amy Morantes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with ten years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship struggles, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, anger, and related issues. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use right away to manage daily pressure and improve how they relate to others.
Amy uses a client-centered style that emphasizes each person's strengths. She listens for what matters most and helps set clear, achievable goals. Her work blends cognitive behavioral ideas with solution-focused strategies to create short-term actions and longer-term habit changes.
She often brings mindfulness techniques into sessions to help with emotional regulation and staying present when feelings feel overwhelming. Motivational interviewing helps people who are wrestling with change, like cutting down substance use or building consistent routines. Conversations include small experiments between sessions and tracking what works.
Amy also pays attention to the systems around a person - family patterns, work demands, and caregiving responsibilities - and how those affect mood and behavior. She helps clients break problems into steps they can try and then reviews progress together.
Her tone is straightforward and practical. Expect focused sessions that aim to reduce reactivity, ease resentment, and increase coping skills. The emphasis is on usable tools, clear goals, and steady progress over time.
How her clinical approaches work for online sessions
Amy commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new behaviors to reduce reactivity and improve mood. Mindfulness practice teaches simple attention and breathing exercises to help people notice feelings without being driven by them.She also draws on solution-focused methods to set small, practical goals and track progress. These techniques aim to produce concrete changes quickly, such as managing anger in the moment or improving communication patterns at work and home. The therapist and client decide together which methods fit best for the person and situation.
Confirm the exact session formats before booking, as formats were not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time so people can use a break from work for a session. The collaborative process includes choosing approaches, setting realistic steps, and adjusting plans so therapy fits everyday life rather than adds burden.
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Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
Amy works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and parenting challenges, anger, addiction concerns, and related issues such as family of origin problems and attachment issues.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is client-centered and strengths based, focusing on setting clear goals and practical steps. Sessions mix cognitive-behavioral ideas, solution-focused techniques, and mindfulness practice.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience as a clinician working with a range of concerns including trauma, grief, and parenting struggles.
Where is she licensed and based?
Amy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida and practices there.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling your first session.