- Years in practice
- 9
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Ami
Ami Cantway is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing relationship strain, family conflict, and parenting challenges. She works with concerns around self-esteem and managing life changes. Her style is respectful and straightforward, aimed at practical steps parents can use right away.
Ami draws on nine years of clinical experience in Minnesota to shape conversations and plans. She listens first, then tailors sessions to each person's situation. Expect clear goals, gentle challenge, and concrete strategies you can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Her approach mixes acceptance and values-based work with practical skills from cognitive behavioral techniques. Mindfulness and emotion regulation tools are used when they fit the problem. Ami adapts methods so they feel useful, not theoretical.
Sessions often focus on improving communication, setting boundaries, and rebuilding confidence after hard events like separation or fertility struggles. She also addresses issues tied to chronic illness, codependency, and feelings of isolation. Parents find actionable ideas for everyday routines and discipline that reduce conflict.
Ami aims to make therapy manageable for busy families. She helps people break big problems into small, do-able steps. If you want a therapist who listens, offers clear options, and works alongside you, she can be a practical partner in change.
What Ami works with
Everything Ami lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Ami helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Women's issues
Approaches Ami lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Ami's Approaches Work Online
Ami commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. ACT helps people notice painful thoughts and choose actions that match their values, which can be useful for parenting stress and life transitions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors, which helps with communication problems and self-esteem.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Ami listens to your goals and tries methods that fit your needs and preferences. Together you decide which techniques to keep, change, or drop as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls let you work face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging offer shorter, flexible touchpoints between longer sessions. These options aim to make it easier to fit therapy into busy family life while keeping attention on practical change.
Questions people ask about Ami
What concerns does Ami commonly address?
She helps people with relationship issues, family conflict, parenting challenges, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include communication problems, codependency, and fatherhood issues.
How would you describe Ami's therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She combines acceptance-based work with practical cognitive and mindfulness skills to create steps clients can try between sessions.
What is Ami's professional background?
Ami has nine years of professional experience working in Minnesota. Her work has included helping people manage relationship strain, parenting concerns, and life transitions.
Where is Ami licensed and practicing?
She holds a Minnesota Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker credential, listed as MN LICSW, and practices in Minnesota.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available online?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Ami?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.
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