About Amy
Amy Mitchell-Washington brings more than two decades of experience to her counseling practice. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in South Carolina and draws on a long career that includes 12 years as an elementary educator and 17 years in mid-level and senior management. She uses that blend of classroom patience and workplace experience to help people facing hard moments.
She works directly with concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, parenting stress, career decisions, and coping with major life changes. Special focus areas include first responder issues, hospice and end-of-life counseling, veteran and armed forces issues, multicultural concerns, and postpartum depression. Amy’s approach adapts to each person.
She combines client-centered listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral methods and emotionally-focused work when relationship patterns need attention. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented so people leave with clearer next steps. She offers online sessions in English, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, and she accepts international clients.
She frames therapy as collaborative and respects each person’s pace. The process starts with understanding where someone is now and what they want to change. Beginning therapy can feel scary, and Amy aims to make that first step manageable.
She tailors conversations and plans to each person’s needs and helps them move toward more stable coping and greater clarity.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding where a person is. The therapist offers empathy and reflects what the person shares so goals grow from the client's own concerns and strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, uses straightforward exercises to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it can help with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching practical coping steps. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, looks at patterns in relationships and helps people shift how they respond to emotional triggers to build safer, more connected interactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk through goals, try methods that match those goals, and adjust strategies based on how a person responds. That collaborative process helps shape a plan that fits the person's needs and preferences.
Online therapy offers flexibility that many people need. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual connection matters. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, written reflections between sessions, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it simpler to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English