Amy Gardiner
Compassionate, practical help for life's challenges
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Amy
Amy Gardiner is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Florida with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and parenting concerns. Amy speaks English and uses straightforward conversation to help clients refocus and build confidence.
She uses practical methods like cognitive behavioral techniques, solution-focused work, and mindfulness to shape sessions. That means conversations center on identifying patterns, trying new skills, and practicing ways to respond differently in daily life.
Background and approach
Sessions are adapted to each person’s situation and goals. Amy pays close attention to everyday problems families face, including relationship strain, communication issues, caregiver stress, and challenges tied to life transitions. She also addresses concerns such as panic attacks, social anxiety, ADHD, and mood concerns like bipolar disorder in a direct, problem-solving way.
Her background includes long-term work supporting people through grief, end-of-life care, abuse and trauma, and difficult separations. She aims to make progress in small, doable steps so change feels possible and sustainable. To begin, she helps clients set clear, achievable goals and then adjusts the plan as needed.
Sessions can include talk, skill practice, and mindfulness exercises tailored to what is most helpful for each person.
Evidence-based approaches and online therapy options
Amy uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that keep problems going. This approach is often used for anxiety, depression, panic, and worry by teaching clear skills to test and shift patterns.She also uses solution-focused methods that zero in on practical, short-term changes. These sessions emphasize small, achievable steps and building on what already works in someone’s life. Mindfulness practices may be added to help with stress regulation and present-moment focus.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to the client’s goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust the plan over time. Clients and therapist decide together which tools to keep using and which to change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Sessions can happen by video call or phone, and there are options for live chat or text-based messaging for brief check-ins and skill practice. These formats make it easier to keep regular contact, fit sessions into a busy schedule, and continue work between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
Next step
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