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Online therapist

Amy Montoya

Compassionate counseling for families and parenting

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
16 years
Licensed in
Colorado
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Amy

Amy Montoya is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado with sixteen years of clinical experience. She brings a background that includes long-term roles in social services and hands-on mental health work. Amy focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues.

She meets people where they are and aims to make the first step toward change feel manageable. In sessions she uses plain language and practical steps.

Background and approach

Amy listens carefully and builds a plan that fits each person’s situation. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in how she works with others. This means tailoring conversations and goals to what matters most to the client.

Her work covers trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, and stress, as well as relationship and intimacy-related issues. She also supports people dealing with grief, addictions, body image, and challenges around parenting. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, and abandonment concerns.

Amy integrates several therapy approaches to suit different needs. She draws from Client-Centered Therapy to prioritize the person’s voice, from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thoughts and behaviors, and from EMDR when trauma processing is helpful. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy when those methods match the goals.

Practically, Amy offers sessions through video calls, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, a prospective client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules according to therapist availability.

Therapeutic approaches and online options for family concerns

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead so people feel heard and understood; it is often used when someone needs a supportive place to sort out family and parenting issues. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT looks at patterns between thoughts, feelings, and actions and helps people try practical strategies to reduce anxiety, depression, or stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing or EMDR is a trauma-focused approach that can help when past events continue to cause distress and interfere with daily life.

Amy treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will talk with the person about goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit those needs. Together they try techniques and adjust the plan if something is not working or if priorities change.

Online therapy gives practical flexibility for busy families. Video calls let people meet face-to-face without travel, phone sessions are an option for times when video is not possible, and live chat or text-based messaging supports ongoing check-ins between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and to follow through on skills learned in sessions.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns can Amy help with?
She works with a broad range of concerns including LGBT issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, and parenting challenges.
What is her general therapy style?
Amy uses respectful, plain-spoken conversation and builds individualized plans. She focuses on practical steps and tailors her approach to each person's needs.
How much experience does she have?
She brings sixteen years of professional experience and a background that includes a decade in social services work in a nursing home setting.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
Amy holds the LPC credential and is licensed in Colorado with license CO LPC LPC.0013922.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as options for working together.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions are delivered through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience
16 years
Licensed
Colorado
Languages
English

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