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Amy Morantes

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Amy Morantes, LCSW

Florida

Licensed clinical social worker - Stress and relationships

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Where Amy stands

Credentials
LCSW
License
LCSW, Florida / SW12902
NPI
1821411687
Experience
10 years
Languages
English
Location
Florida

About

  • Client-centered approach
  • Cognitive behavioral tools
  • Mindfulness practices

About Amy

Amy Morantes is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida with 10 years of experience. She works with people who are managing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, parenting strain, grief, addiction, trauma and codependency concerns. She helps people name problems and take practical steps forward.

Amy uses a client-centered style that focuses on a person's strengths. She listens for what matters most and helps set clear, achievable goals. Sessions often include practical tools drawn from cognitive behavioral ideas and solution-focused methods to change unhelpful patterns and build new habits.

Her approach also brings in mindfulness practices to reduce intense emotions and improve attention to the present moment. Motivational interviewing shows up when someone needs help finding reasons and energy to make a change. Amy pays attention to how relationships and systems influence current stressors and choices.

In sessions she breaks bigger problems into manageable tasks. That can mean small experiments between meetings, communication scripts to try with others, or tracking thoughts that keep a person stuck. Progress is measured by concrete steps toward the goals a person sets.

Amy works in Florida and conducts sessions in English. She supports people who want straightforward, practical therapy focused on day-to-day coping and clearer boundaries. To start, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial meeting.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online work

Amy commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Mindfulness Therapy in her practice. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, reflecting what matters to the person, and helping them set their own goals. CBT looks at the thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and offers practical exercises to try between sessions. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase focus.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Amy will discuss goals, preferences and what has or hasn't worked before. Together the therapist and client decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made.

The original biography does not specify which online session formats are used, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Licensed professionals often adapt exercises, homework and pacing to fit remote sessions so therapy can be practical and actionable within everyday life.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesCaregiver issues and stressCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDisruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)EmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionSelf-loveSmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Listed in

Florida

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and parenting challenges, addictions, trauma and codependency among other concerns.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is client-centered and strengths-based, using practical strategies to set goals and make changes.

How much experience does she have?

Amy has 10 years of clinical experience working with a range of issues including trauma and life transitions.

What are her credentials and where does she practice?

She is an LCSW licensed in Florida and practices with clients located in that state.

Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.

What session formats does she provide?

The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and 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.

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