Amy Nicolazzo , LPCC

Amy Nicolazzo is an Ohio-licensed professional counselor (LPCC) with 24 years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and challenges with self-esteem. She also supports those coping with grief, trauma, relationship strain, and struggles around identity, including LGBT concerns.

Amy aims to make the first steps toward therapy feel manageable. She creates a warm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk about painful thoughts and confusing feelings. Sessions move at a person's pace and center on practical steps that fit everyday life.

Her work often addresses patterns like codependency, control issues, abandonment, and impulsivity. She helps people who wrestle with emptiness, guilt and shame, jealousy, or questions about life purpose. Mood-related concerns such as panic attacks, disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, and broader mood disorders are also part of her practice.

Amy uses several therapeutic approaches to match different needs. She draws on methods that focus on present-moment awareness, clear behavioral strategies, and skills for managing intense emotions. The aim is to teach tools people can use outside the therapy hour.

Clients can expect straightforward conversations about goals and progress. Amy emphasizes collaboration, helping each person shape a plan that fits their values and daily demands. She works in English and practices in Ohio as an LPCC.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Amy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change behaviors that maintain stress or depression. CBT is practical and often focuses on skills you can practice between sessions.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which emphasizes noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and choosing actions that align with personal values. This approach can be useful for anxiety, avoidance, and finding clearer life direction.

Finding the right approach is usually a joint process. Amy will talk with each person about goals and preferences, and together they will choose or blend methods that fit the situation. The plan can change as needs shift over time.

Online sessions come in a few formats to suit different needs. Video calls let people work face-to-face when a fuller conversation is helpful. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging can be a shorter check-in option or a way to process thoughts between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or travel while keeping focus on progress and usable skills.