About Amy
Dr. Amy Guertin is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Illinois who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related struggles. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Her style aims to make therapy feel doable for day-to-day life. Dr. Guertin brings 29 years of clinical experience to sessions.
She blends techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and take values-based action.
Background and approach
She also uses client-centered and solution-focused methods to keep work grounded and forward-moving. Sessions tend to be collaborative and goal-oriented. Dr.
Guertin helps people break big problems into manageable tasks. She offers tools for managing panic, improving mood, and handling difficult transitions. Many people come with relationship and family stress, communication problems, parenting strain, or issues that affect young adults.
Dr. Guertin addresses anger, trauma and abuse, social anxiety, and other mood or panic concerns using clear strategies and steady support. Therapy can include short-term problem solving or longer work on self-esteem and coping skills.
She matches approach to a person’s needs and pace. People work together to set goals and track progress. Dr.
Guertin conducts sessions in English and practices in Illinois. She offers a mix of session formats to fit different schedules and communication styles.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and motivating change when attention or habits get in the way.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers concrete exercises and homework to reduce panic, manage mood disorders, and handle social anxiety by changing thinking patterns and behavior.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences and suggest methods that fit your needs. Together you will try options and adjust based on what helps most in day-to-day life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes scheduling easier around work, school, or caregiving. Phone calls can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited and live chat or messaging works well for quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when that helps build connection. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and reachable for different routines and comfort levels.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 29 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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