- Years in practice
- 13
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Amy
Amy Kilgore is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPC) with 13 years of clinical experience. She brings personal experience and a values-based perspective to her work. Amy centers hope and practical steps when people come for help with stress, anxiety, grief, or addictive behaviors.
She works in a direct and compassionate way. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, doable changes. Amy listens for what matters most to each person and helps them build skills that fit daily life.
Background and approach
Amy uses a mix of approaches to match each person's needs. She draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live by their values. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Attachment-based ideas guide work on close relationships and patterns that come from early bonds. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing is included for people whose traumatic memories still cause strong reactions. She commonly helps with parenting concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, eating and body-image struggles, and coping with big life changes.
Amy also supports people facing compassion fatigue, adoption or foster care questions, attachment challenges, and issues tied to abandonment. Sessions are offered in English from Virginia. Amy encourages a collaborative process where the person sets goals and they adjust strategies together.
The emphasis is on practical steps, steady progress, and restoring a sense of hope and direction.
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
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Amy lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take small actions that match those values. Online sessions using ACT often focus on simple practices and exercises you can try between meetings to reduce avoidance and build meaningful routines.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. In remote sessions CBT uses structured conversations, homework assignments, and problem-solving to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current behavior. Working online, the therapist and client talk through relationship patterns and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more connected.
The therapist views finding the right approach as a joint process. She will discuss options, try methods that seem to fit, and adjust based on your goals and feedback. That collaborative stance helps tailor care to each person's needs.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can work when video is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing support, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between sessions.
Questions people ask about Amy
What kinds of concerns does Amy address?
Amy works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, eating-related concerns, anger, bipolar symptoms, and coping with life changes. Parenting-related struggles and compassion fatigue are also listed areas of focus.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is direct and collaborative. She emphasizes clear goals, practical skills, and listening to what matters most to the individual.
What is her clinical background?
She has 13 years of professional experience and reports extensive work with trauma, stress, addictions, eating issues, and grief. Her practice blends several therapeutic methods to meet client needs.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She holds the LPC credential, which stands for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and practices in Virginia.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to 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.
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