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Torie Amza

Practical CBT-informed care for everyday challenges

LMHC Florida

Experience
18 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Family, Self esteem
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Languages
English

About Torie

Torie Amza uses a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-informed approach to help clients address stress, anxiety, family concerns, low self-esteem, and depression. With 18 years of professional experience and a Florida LMHC credential (FL LMHC MH24672), she emphasizes practical strategies alongside a compassionate, respectful therapeutic stance.

Background and approach

Torie adapts conversations and treatment plans to fit each person's particular needs, focusing on skills and insights that support coping with life changes and improving day-to-day functioning.

Her practice also attends to blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, communication difficulties, and family of origin issues, as well as concerns such as forgiveness, immigration-related challenges, impulsivity, isolation, life purpose, multicultural matters, prejudice and discrimination, social anxiety, women's issues, and workplace stress.

Torie welcomes international clients and offers sessions in English, making her services accessible beyond her Florida base. She encourages people to acknowledge the courage it takes to begin therapy and aims to create a collaborative process that moves at a pace suited to each individual.

CBT-informed care and flexible online options

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, is used to help clients identify unhelpful thought patterns and develop practical skills to change behaviors and manage symptoms like anxiety and depression. It emphasizes collaborative problem solving and measurable steps toward goals, which can be helpful for stress, social anxiety, and workplace or family-related problems.

In practice, that means exploring how thoughts, emotions, and actions interact and experimenting with new strategies between sessions to build confidence and resilience. The therapist tailors those techniques to concerns such as coping with life changes, improving communication, and addressing family-of-origin or multicultural issues, adapting interventions to each person's needs.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and the therapist works collaboratively with clients to determine what methods fit their goals and preferences. This process includes revisiting and adjusting strategies as progress is made, so care remains aligned with what helps most.

Online therapy offers practical benefits like scheduling flexibility and easier access to care through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats can make it simpler to maintain continuity of treatment while balancing work, family, and travel, and they allow licensed professionals to deliver consistent support across geographic boundaries.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
The practice focuses on stress, anxiety, family issues, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes, with additional attention to blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, communication and family of origin issues, and related concerns.
What therapeutic approach and style are used?
The therapist draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) principles to identify patterns of thought and behavior and to build practical coping skills while maintaining a respectful and compassionate therapeutic stance.
How much experience does the therapist have?
She brings 18 years of professional experience working with a range of concerns including anxiety, depression, family conflict, and life transition issues.
What credentials and location does the therapist have?
She is a licensed mental health counselor with credential FL LMHC MH24672 and practices from Florida.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English, and international clients are accepted.
In what formats can clients meet with the therapist?
Available session formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
What does therapy cost and how are sessions billed?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are billed through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Additional focus areas

Blended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCommunication problemsFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessImmigration issuesImpulsivityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeMulticultural concernsPrejudice and discriminationSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Experience

18+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English