About Amy
Amy Verhoeven is a licensed professional counselor in Michigan who works with people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. She brings five years of clinical experience and aims to make the first step feel manageable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed. Amy focuses on plain, practical conversation.
She listens for what feels most urgent, then tailors sessions to each person's needs. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while helping clients build skills for daily life.
Background and approach
Sessions may include talking through new coping strategies, pacing recovery from setbacks, and practicing ways to manage panic or social anxiety. For people navigating attention differences, she addresses impulsivity and motivation alongside routines that support focus. She also helps with challenges tied to attachment, abandonment, caregiver stress, loneliness, and questions about life purpose.
Work often combines short-term problem solving with steps toward longer-term self-care and self-love. Amy invites clients to set goals at a comfortable pace. Together they make a plan that fits life demands, whether someone needs quick relief during a crisis or steady help over time.
How evidence-based techniques work online
Amy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions in clear, practical ways. One common approach focuses on building coping skills for anxiety and panic - practicing breathing, grounding, and stepwise exposure to feared situations so reactions become easier to manage. Another approach addresses attention and impulsivity by creating structured routines, breaking tasks into smaller steps, and using behavioral strategies to support motivation and focus.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Amy will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust plans based on what helps. The intention is to work together to pick techniques that feel useful and realistic for daily life.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and real-time coaching. Phone sessions offer a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, tracking progress, or sharing thoughts between longer sessions. These formats support flexibility so therapy can match lifestyle and practical constraints.
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- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English