Amy Petrill, LISW

Amy Petrill is a Licensed Independent Social Worker with two decades of clinical experience. She helps adults who are struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and life transitions. Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aiming to make therapy understandable and practical for everyday life.

She centers therapy on the person's goals and choices. Clients set the direction and she offers guidance, tools, and steady support along the way. Sessions focus on concrete skills as well as making sense of difficult emotions.

Amy draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, and trauma-informed methods to address symptoms and patterns. She also uses psychodynamic ideas to look at long-standing relationship and family of origin issues. EMDR is part of her work for people who have past trauma that still shows up in the present.

In sessions she mixes short-term strategies with deeper exploration when needed. That can mean learning coping skills, changing unhelpful thinking, or processing painful memories at a pace that feels manageable. She emphasizes practical steps that fit into daily life.

Amy works with concerns such as stress, parenting strain, workplace problems, ADHD, bipolar mood issues, and chronic illness or pain. She aims to create a calm space where people can talk honestly and try out new approaches to feeling better.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Amy commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT often includes practical exercises and short homework tasks that can be done between sessions to reduce anxiety or improve mood.

She also uses EMDR for people who carry painful memories that continue to affect daily life. EMDR involves processing distressing memories in ways that can lessen their emotional charge and reduce symptoms connected to past trauma.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amy will discuss different options and help decide what fits the client's needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative process may combine methods or shift focus as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face interaction and practicing skills in session. Phone calls can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are convenient for quick updates, ongoing check-ins, or when written reflection helps the process.

These formats make it possible to keep therapy consistent around work, family, or health demands and to try different approaches from wherever clients find it easiest to participate.