About Amy
Amy Nicolazzo is an Ohio licensed counselor with 24 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns, and struggles with self-esteem. She aims to make the first step toward therapy feel manageable and respectful.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about hard feelings. Sessions are conversational and practical. Amy listens for patterns that keep someone stuck and helps identify small changes that can make daily life easier.
Background and approach
Her work often addresses grief, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, and difficulties with anger. She also pays attention to issues like codependency, abandonment, emptiness, and family of origin wounds. These topics come up in steady, focused conversations rather than quick fixes.
Amy uses several common therapeutic approaches to guide sessions. She draws from cognitive behavioral ideas to notice and shift unhelpful thinking. Mindfulness and acceptance-based methods help people tolerate strong emotions while moving toward valued goals.
People describing panic attacks, social anxiety, mood disorders, or struggles with life purpose will find sessions that balance practical skills and personal exploration. Amy helps clients build coping tools they can use between visits. The goal is clearer thinking, steadier mood, and better day-to-day functioning.
Evidence-informed approaches for online work
Amy often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and still move toward what matters to them. ACT can be useful for anxiety, avoidance, and finding clearer direction in life.She also employs Client-Centered Therapy, which centers on listening, empathy, and building a trusting relationship. This approach helps when someone needs a steady, supportive space to talk through painful experiences.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean combining acceptance-based work, skill training, and open-ended exploration over several sessions.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls are close to an in-person visit and work well for skills teaching and deeper conversation. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit during a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging can be useful for short check-ins, skill reminders, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and daily life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English