- Years in practice
- 15
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Amy
Amy Crabtree is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 15 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. She practices in Tennessee and emphasizes practical work on thoughts and behaviors to ease daily strain. Amy aims to meet people where they are and to work without judgment.
She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and a Master of Social Work. After completing LCSW requirements in 2012, she spent 12 years in community mental health as an outpatient therapist.
Background and approach
That work included supporting people in substance abuse treatment programs and a wide variety of clinical concerns. Amy uses an approach that looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. In sessions she focuses on clear goals chosen by the person seeking help.
Meetings are practical and centered on steps that can be tried between sessions. Common concerns she supports include stress, parenting challenges, family conflict, grief, addiction-related issues, intimate relationship struggles, and career stress. She also works with issues like self-esteem, trauma and abuse, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue.
Sessions are respectful and straightforward. Amy encourages small, achievable changes and helps people test what works in real life. She recognizes the courage it takes to start therapy and aims to make the process manageable.
What Amy works with
Everything Amy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Amy helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
Approaches Amy lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How CBT and online sessions fit together
Amy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as a core method. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and helps people try new ways of responding to stress, anxiety, or low mood. It often includes short exercises and practical experiments to do between sessions.Finding the right approach is collaborative. Amy discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts methods based on what helps. Together they choose tasks and pacing that fit the individual's situation and day-to-day life.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people work face-to-face when that helps progress. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflections, or running issues through a quick thought exercise between longer meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to try approaches that work in real situations.
Questions people ask about Amy
What kinds of concerns can be addressed?
Amy works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family issues, parenting, grief, addictions, trauma and related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The approach emphasizes how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. Sessions focus on practical goals and steps clients can try between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of professional experience, including 12 years in community mental health as an outpatient therapist.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the LCSW credential and practices in Tennessee.
Which languages and international arrangements are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
More therapists for parents in Tennessee
All in Tennessee
Ondria Spivey
LPC-MHSP
Tennessee 24 years in practice
Calm, practical support for stressed parents
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
Brigette DaBiere
LCSW
Tennessee 25 years in practice
Practical support for parenting stress and life challenges
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Anger
Dr. Jessica Hamm
LPC, LPCC
Tennessee 16 years in practice
Compassionate counselor for parenting and life challenges
- Addictions
- Relationship
- Trauma and abuse