Amy Matthews, LMHC

Amy Matthews brings 39 years of counseling experience to her work with adolescents, adults, couples, and families. She began her career in Pennsylvania, serving as a high school counselor for 28 years while maintaining a private practice, and after relocating to Florida she continued in private practice with a focus on both adolescents and adults.

As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Amy pairs formal training with extensive hands-on experience. She earned a Master’s degree in Marriage, Family, and Child Counseling in 1980 and blends that academic foundation with life experience to address issues such as stress, anxiety, relationship and family challenges, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, self esteem, career matters, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and ADHD. Her additional focus areas include attachment and blended family issues, body image, caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems, infidelity, jealousy, hoarding, commitment concerns, and gender dysphoria.

Amy describes her approach as eclectic, drawing on methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to fit each person’s needs. She is known for being genuine, supportive, empathetic, and non-judgmental, and she often uses humor in her work. Having participated in therapy herself, she values being an advocate who believes in her clients. Amy has also worked at Better Help and has formed many successful therapeutic relationships. She welcomes inquiries from prospective clients who want to explore working together.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Amy Matthews integrates proven therapeutic methods into online work to meet a wide range of needs. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify what matters most to them and build practical skills to move toward those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings; it is often useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationship patterns influence current connections and can support work on intimacy, family dynamics, trust, and communication. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, non-judgmental therapeutic relationship that prioritizes the client’s own goals and pace and is helpful for self esteem, grief, and identity exploration.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Amy collaborates with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. She adjusts techniques as therapy progresses so the work stays relevant and effective.

Online therapy with a licensed professional offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call or phone, and conversation can continue by live chat or text-based messaging when needed. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, maintain continuity across locations, and access consistent support from therapists regardless of geography.