Therapist profile
Amy Kilgore, LPC
Virginia
Licensed Professional Counselor - Trauma and Relationships
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- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Virginia / 0701009527
- NPI
- 1184162299
- Experience
- 13 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Virginia
About
- ACT and CBT
- EMDR use
- Attachment focus
About Amy
Amy Kilgore is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 13 years of clinical experience. She draws on long experience supporting people through trauma, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, and addictions. Amy names faith as part of her worldview and says it informs the hope and perspective she brings to her work.
She aims for straightforward sessions that focus on what a person is living with now. She listens for patterns that keep someone stuck - people-pleasing, trouble saying no, or falling back into familiar coping when stressed. Amy often works with issues tied to attachment, abandonment, and intimacy problems and brings several practical therapy methods into sessions.
Her clinical toolkit includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). She uses these approaches to help people name unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and process difficult memories when needed.
Amy has experience addressing eating and body-image concerns, parenting and family stress, dissociation, and the effects of domestic violence and separation. She also lists codependency and communication problems among her focus areas. In work with complex loss and grief she pays attention to how fear and unresolved grief can show up in everyday life.
To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session. She notes that session cost varies with location and that the subscription used for sessions can be canceled at any time.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches are used in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice their thoughts and choose actions that match their values instead of getting stuck in avoidance. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and patterns like people-pleasing. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and testing changes through small behavioral experiments, which can help with mood, anxiety, and coping skills.Amy treats approach selection as a collaborative process. She will discuss what feels most relevant and practical for the issues you bring and adjust methods as goals evolve. The therapist and client work together to try techniques and decide which ones to keep using.
The original biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so therapy fits around work or family obligations. Licensed professionals can also use remote sessions to guide EMDR processing, run CBT exercises, or practice ACT skills in real time, depending on the agreed plan.
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Experience
13+ years
Listed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, and related concerns such as eating and body-image problems.
How would she describe her therapy style?
She uses practical, conversational sessions and draws on approaches like ACT, CBT, attachment work, and EMDR to address thoughts, behaviors, and difficult memories.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional experience working with a range of mental health concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - practicing in Virginia.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not list specific session formats; confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.