Amy Powers , LPC

Amy Powers is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 17 years of clinical experience. She focuses on practical, goal-oriented work to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, parenting strain, and life transitions.

She uses straightforward, evidence-informed methods to address mood disorders, trauma and abuse, grief, and intimacy-related concerns. Amy often draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. She also incorporates client-centered and solution-focused techniques to keep sessions grounded in what matters most to each person.

Sessions are described as warm and respectful while also being direct and action-focused. Amy tailors treatment plans to each person’s needs, aiming for clear steps people can use between visits. She pays attention to attachment issues, communication problems, blended family stress, caregiver burnout, and codependency as part of relationship work.

Over her career she has supported people facing panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, bipolar mood challenges, post-traumatic stress, and complicated grief. She also offers coaching-style support for career concerns and life reorientation. Her approach blends mindfulness, DBT skills, and practical problem solving when those tools fit the goals.

Amy practices in South Carolina and offers sessions in English. She works with individuals and with people who want to address family or relationship challenges in individual sessions rather than through family therapy formats.

How practical therapies translate to online care

Amy commonly uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral strategies to guide online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathic reflection, and helping people find their own answers; it helps when someone needs space to be heard and to clarify values. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete tools for managing anxiety, depression, panic, and OCD symptoms. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills may also be used to build emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness in daily life.

Choosing the right approach happens together. Amy will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. She frames therapy as a collaborative process where techniques are matched to a person’s needs and preferences rather than imposed.

Online formats offer practical conveniences that support ongoing work. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing of worksheets, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports short updates or coaching between visits. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare, or travel while still using CBT, DBT skills, mindfulness practices, and solution-focused planning.