About Amy
Amy Shapton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California with 13 years of professional experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, and coping with major life changes. Her background includes a master’s degree in Health and Military Social Work and over a decade working in medical social work.
For 11 of those years she supported patients and families in an oncology setting.
Background and approach
That time shaped her understanding of resilience and how people adjust after difficult events. Amy uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address issues like sleep problems, social anxiety, communication struggles, guilt and shame, and questions of life purpose. She emphasizes building on a person’s existing strengths and practical skills for everyday challenges.
When it fits a person’s situation, she explores post-traumatic growth - looking at how painful experiences can lead to new meaning, insight, or priorities. Sessions focus on clear goals, small steps, and approaches that clients can apply between meetings. Amy aims to create a steady, straightforward path toward change.
She offers calm guidance, direct feedback, and support as people work through problems and create the life shifts they want.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Amy works with clear, evidence-based techniques that focus on practical change. Cognitive behavioral approaches look at how thoughts, feelings, and actions link together and teach strategies to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or ease depression. Strengths-based work identifies what already helps a person cope and builds on those abilities to face current problems.She also incorporates ideas from post-traumatic growth when it fits a person’s story, helping people find meaning, new priorities, or personal growth after hard events. Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist and client set goals together, try methods, and adjust plans based on what feels most helpful and doable.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to fit different routines. Video calls are useful for full conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and chat or text can support quick reflections or ongoing touchpoints between meetings. These options make it easier to schedule therapy around work, caregiving, or other commitments while maintaining a steady course of care.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English