Amy Partlow, LCSW, CSW

Amy Partlow is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, parenting strain, and low self-esteem. She speaks English and French and brings five years of clinical experience to sessions. Amy aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for people feeling overwhelmed.

She uses tools from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas help people choose valued actions even when feelings are hard. Amy also uses client-centered and mindfulness approaches to slow down, stay present, and build useful routines.

Sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth. Amy listens for what matters most and then tries small, workable changes first. She often focuses on coping skills for panic and anxiety, ways to process trauma or grief, and steps to rebuild self-worth.

Her background includes clinical social work in Colorado and experience addressing caregiver stress, attachment questions, communication problems, and guilt or shame. Amy draws on creative, outside-the-box thinking when a traditional approach is not clicking for a client.

People who prefer clear, practical steps mixed with a compassionate presence tend to find her style helpful. She encourages clients to set realistic goals, practice new skills between sessions, and track progress. Therapy is presented as a shared process toward more manageable days and clearer priorities.

How Amy’s Approaches Work Online

Amy draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to guide online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and panic. ACT encourages noticing difficult feelings while choosing actions that match personal values, which helps with stress, grief, and self-worth struggles.

She treats choosing an approach as a team effort. During early sessions she listens to goals and tries a few techniques to see what fits. Clients and the therapist adjust methods over time so the plan matches needs, preferences, and progress.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video lets people use visual cues for skills practice, phone works when bandwidth is low, live chat can suit a quick check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options aim to increase flexibility and make consistent work possible even with busy schedules.