Amy Matthews
Experienced counselor blending clinical skill and compassion
LMHC Florida
- Experience
- 39 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Amy
Amy Matthews is a licensed mental health counselor with 39 years of clinical experience who brings both formal training and long practice to her work.
Background and approach
She earned a master’s degree in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling in 1980 and has built a varied career that includes many years as a high school counselor in Pennsylvania as well as independent practice work in Florida. Her background includes work with individuals, couples, and families across a wide range of concerns.
Her approach blends evidence-based methods like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) with attachment-informed and emotion-focused perspectives, along with client-centered techniques that prioritize each person’s goals. Amy emphasizes an authentic, nonjudgmental presence and draws on personal life experience alongside clinical training to inform her interventions.
She aims to be supportive and straightforward while also using warmth and humor to help clients navigate stress, anxiety, mood challenges, relationship strains, grief, trauma, and related issues. Practicing from Florida and available to international clients, Amy offers flexible formats that include video, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging.
She encourages prospective clients to reach out and begin a collaborative process to identify practical steps toward lasting change.
Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online
CBT is a goal-oriented approach that helps people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and sleep or eating difficulties. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages noticing difficult thoughts and feelings while clarifying personal values and committing to meaningful actions, which can help with avoidance, mood challenges, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early and current relational patterns shape emotions and expectations in relationships, making it useful for connection concerns, intimacy issues, and blended family dynamics.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your history, priorities, and preferences and tailor a mix of techniques to match your goals, adjusting methods over time as needs evolve and progress is assessed together.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, letting clients fit sessions into busy routines or access care from different locations. These formats support consistent contact, allow for a range of interaction styles from real-time conversations to written check-ins, and make it easier to continue work between sessions while maintaining a therapeutic focus.
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Experience
39+ years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English