About Amy
Dr. Amy Guertin helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, or parenting strain. She speaks plainly and keeps sessions focused on practical steps people can use between meetings.
Dr. Guertin is an LCPC with nearly three decades of experience in counseling. She offers support for attention challenges, relationship tensions, anger, and adjusting to major life changes.
Her style centers on clear goals and real-world skills. She blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and client-centered listening to tailor an approach to each person.
Background and approach
Sessions often include identifying unhelpful thinking patterns, trying small behavioral changes, and noticing what matters most to the client. Dr. Guertin brings 29 years of clinical work in Illinois to her practice.
That background includes helping people manage panic, social anxiety, mood disorders, and problems with communication and family dynamics. She uses straightforward language and concrete strategies so people leave a session with something to try that week. Clients can expect a collaborative process where the therapist and client set short-term targets and track progress.
Problem-solving and coping skills are a regular part of the work, alongside attention to values and life direction. The focus is on what helps a person move forward in everyday life. Work is offered in English and provided through online formats.
People who want to begin are asked to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.
How her approaches adapt to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it focuses on living by personal values. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and situations where people want clearer direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with panic, social anxiety, and mood symptoms. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and making space for the client's experience so goals come from the person's own priorities.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or has not worked in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is seen or new needs arise.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to schedule, live chat can handle brief check-ins during a busy day, and text messaging works well for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep appointments, try short coaching-style meetings, or maintain contact when schedules change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English