Amy Silberman , LCSW

Amy Silberman is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in New York with 24 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, and changes that come with life transitions. Amy often works with issues around self-worth, communication, intimacy, and the emotional effects of parenting and caregiving.

She draws on client-centered methods to build a respectful, understanding space where people can speak honestly about their challenges. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to spot unhelpful thinking and try new behavior patterns. Mindfulness practices help ground people who feel overwhelmed by worry or strong emotions.

Amy has spent many years supporting clients through grief, career shifts, adoption and foster care concerns, and fertility or parenting stress. She also helps with sleep and eating struggles, chronic illness and pain, and compassion fatigue for caregivers. Her work addresses both practical changes and deeper emotional patterns that get in the way of daily life.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-oriented. Amy helps clients set manageable steps, try out new coping skills, and reflect on patterns from the past that affect present choices. She frames therapy as a partnership where people develop tools they can use between sessions.

People looking to begin are asked to talk once with Amy before scheduling a session. This initial contact gives a chance to explain goals and set up a plan that fits each person’s needs.

Approaches to change and how they work online

Amy uses client-centered therapy to create a respectful, empathetic space where people are heard and their goals guide the work. This approach focuses on the person’s perspective and often helps with confidence, relationship concerns, and figuring out next steps.

She also incorporates cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT helps identify unhelpful thinking patterns and tests new behaviors to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and manage low mood.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Amy will talk about options, try techniques together, and adjust the plan based on what is useful and what fits someone’s goals and preferences.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues during deeper conversations. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging can support short updates, quick coping tools, and ongoing coaching between longer sessions. Together these formats offer flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels.