Therapist profile
Amy Klein Duane, LCSW
Arizona
Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Anxiety and Grief
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- Credentials
- LCSW
- License
- LCSW, California / 25932; LCSW, Arizona / LCSW-21759
- NPI
- 1316521883
- Experience
- 30 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Arizona
About
- Anxiety management
- Grief support
- Codependency concerns
About Amy
Amy Klein Duane is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 30 years of experience based in Arizona. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, grief, life changes, compassion fatigue, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting struggles, and mood concerns including bipolar and depression. Amy also lists ADHD, codependency, caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, and end-of-life and hospice-related concerns among her focus areas.
Amy’s approach blends practical skills with time for reflection. She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to teach skills for managing anxiety and mood. She also draws on short-term psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat across relationships and time. Solution-focused work appears when people want clear steps and quick changes.
Sessions tend to include talking through current problems, learning coping techniques, and noticing recurring patterns that keep causing trouble. Amy emphasizes using a person’s existing strengths to handle difficult situations and build small, manageable changes.
Her background includes long experience with child development, teenage issues, social anxiety including selective mutism, and day treatment programs for chronic mental illness. She has also worked extensively with bereavement and end-of-life concerns and with challenges that come with aging and loss of independence.
People who choose her typically want straightforward strategies and occasional deeper work about patterns that keep reappearing. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online therapy options button.
How sessions work
How her approaches are used in online sessions
Amy commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and short-term Psychodynamic approaches in her work. CBT focuses on practical skills - identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors - and is useful for anxiety, mood, and stress. Short-term Psychodynamic ideas look at recurring relationship patterns and past experiences that keep showing up, which can help when people notice the same problems repeating.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Amy will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. That means trying skill-based work, deeper pattern-focused conversations, or a combination and adjusting as progress and feedback indicate.
Session formats are not specified here, so confirm current online session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example allowing a shorter check-in during a work break, removing commute time, or choosing a session style that does not require being on camera. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to what is practical for a client's schedule and daily life.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
30+ years
Listed in
California, Arizona
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, life changes, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, parenting, bipolar and depression, ADHD, and related topics such as codependency and caregiver stress.
What is her general therapy style?
She uses a blend of client-centered listening, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, short-term psychodynamic ideas, and solution-focused techniques depending on what a person needs.
How much experience does she have?
She has 30 years of clinical experience working across developmental stages and with a range of mental health concerns.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with licensure in Arizona and California noted as AZ LCSW and CA LCSW and practices from Arizona.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.