Ammie Helling, LPC

Ammie Helling is a Michigan-based licensed therapist with three decades of clinical experience who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and challenges with self-esteem and motivation. As an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - she brings extensive experience working with concentration, memory, and focus concerns, including ADHD, and she supports individuals facing chronic pain, illness, disability, relationship difficulties, and life transitions such as divorce and midlife challenges.

Helling centers her work on each person’s strengths, treating people as the experts of their own stories while offering guidance and practical strategies to move toward clearer thinking and healthier patterns. She addresses mood disorders, panic and social anxiety, communication problems, and issues of guilt, shame, and forgiveness, and she offers particular attention to women’s issues and building self-love and confidence.

Beginning therapy is a courageous step, and Helling provides steady, experienced support for clients seeking lasting change. She partners with people to set realistic goals, develop coping skills, and find a path forward that acknowledges their values, needs, and life circumstances.

Evidence-Based Approaches for Online Therapy

Helling uses a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques that translate well to remote care. Cognitive strategies focus on identifying and reframing unhelpful thoughts to reduce anxiety and improve self-esteem - these techniques help people recognize patterns and test new ways of thinking. Behavioral skill-building emphasizes practical routines and coping tools such as organization, time management, and activity planning to support attention, motivation, and mood regulation. Emotion regulation and coping practices include paced breathing, grounding exercises, and grief-focused supports that assist with intense feelings related to loss, chronic pain, or life transitions.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process. Helling works collaboratively with each person to determine which techniques best fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting methods over time to ensure the work remains helpful and relevant.

Online therapy with Helling offers flexible access via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, manage chronic health or mobility constraints, and maintain continuity of care across locations. This flexibility supports consistent progress while accommodating individual circumstances and preferences.