Amy Crabtree, LCSW

Amy Crabtree is a licensed clinical social worker with 15 years of professional experience. She works from a practical, down-to-earth stance and focuses on how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. She aims to meet people where they are and to offer respectful, nonjudgmental care. Her sessions center on goals the client chooses and on practical steps toward those goals.

She earned a Bachelor’s degree in psychology and a Master’s degree in social work, completing requirements for her LCSW in 2012. Much of her early work was in community mental health, where she spent 12 years as an outpatient therapist. That background includes experience with substance abuse treatment programs and a wide range of clinical concerns.

Common issues she addresses include stress and anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges, grief, trauma and abuse, and difficulties with coping during life changes. She also works with concerns such as addiction, eating issues, intimacy-related problems, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career stress, bipolar concerns, and compassion fatigue.

Amy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop different ways of responding. Sessions are collaborative, with practical strategies you can try between meetings. She emphasizes straightforward tools and steady support rather than technical jargon.

If you are ready to take a step, Amy encourages choosing goals that matter to you and working at a pace that fits your life. Her approach is practical and supportive, aimed at helping people make manageable changes over time.

How Cognitive Behavioral Work Translates to Online Sessions

Amy’s primary approach is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions and then teaches practical ways to change unhelpful patterns. CBT often helps with stress, anxiety, depression, and many everyday struggles by teaching clear skills to try between sessions.

Her work emphasizes setting client-chosen goals and practicing small, concrete steps. In therapy she will help you identify patterns, try new responses, and track what helps. Finding the right way of working is part of therapy, and she collaborates with each person to choose strategies that fit their needs, goals, and preferences.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the session formats available before booking. Many people find online options help fit therapy into a busy life by making scheduling easier and reducing travel time. Online sessions can also allow shorter check-ins, fewer interruptions to a workday, and the chance to use written tools or screen-shared worksheets during a meeting. Amy will work with you to shape practical sessions that match your routine and goals.