Amy Crabtree

Amy Crabtree is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Tennessee. She has 15 years of experience and aims to help people who are feeling stressed, anxious, depressed, or struggling with relationship and family concerns. Amy also supports people coping with substance use, grief, anger, self-esteem challenges, and other life changes. She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in social work, and completed LCSW requirements in 2012. For 12 years she worked in community mental health as an outpatient therapist. That work brought varied experience with different diagnoses and involvement in substance abuse treatment programs. Amy’s sessions center on the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping people notice patterns of thinking and try new ways of responding. Sessions focus on goals the client chooses, with practical steps to test new habits between meetings. Expect a respectful, nonjudgmental setting where the therapist meets people where they are. Amy emphasizes clear, steady support while people work through stress, relationship issues, parenting strain, or the effects of trauma and grief. Her approach is collaborative and goal oriented. Taking the first step can take courage, and Amy acknowledges that decision. She invites people to consider what they want to change and to begin with a brief matching process to schedule sessions.

How CBT and online care can help with patterns of thinking

Amy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice how thoughts influence feelings and actions. CBT breaks problems into smaller parts so you can practice new responses and test them in everyday life; it is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and anger. Her approach is collaborative. Together the therapist and client decide on goals and try techniques that match those goals. If an idea doesn’t fit, they adjust it and try something else until it works better for the person’s needs and preferences. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing scheduling around work or caregiving. It can also make brief check-ins or follow-up conversations simpler to arrange. Because specific session formats are not detailed in the biography, confirm the current session options before booking so you know whether phone or video meetings are available. Many people find that working with a licensed professional remotely supports consistency and momentum between appointments. The therapist will help choose practical steps that fit daily routines and provide tools to practice between sessions.