Therapist profile
Amy Swetnam, LPC
Texas
Licensed Professional Counselor - Relationships and Addictions
Continue with AmyWhere Amy stands
- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Texas / 12759
- NPI
- 1144805623
- Experience
- 36 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Texas
About
- CBT
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
About Amy
Amy Swetnam is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 36 years of experience. She has spent decades helping people who are overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, and relationship struggles. She also supports people dealing with trauma, intimacy issues, eating concerns, and challenges tied to caregiving or life transitions.
Her approach is practical and direct. Sessions focus on identifying patterns that keep someone stuck and trying different ways to change them. She uses methods that help people notice unhelpful thoughts, test new behaviors, and set small, doable goals. Amy also draws on techniques that address trauma and short-term solution work when those fit the situation.
Clients can expect straightforward conversation and a plan each step of the way. Amy emphasizes collaboration - she and the client build each next step together. She pays attention to life context including work stress, grief, and complicated relationships while keeping the work task-focused.
Over 36 years she has worked with many concerns often tied together, such as substance use and codependency, abandonment issues, family of origin patterns, and burnout from caregiving or first responder roles. She also supports people coping with cancer, hospice and end-of-life matters, and postpartum mood concerns.
Amy practices in Texas as an LPC. Sessions are conducted in English. To begin, prospective clients follow the site's matching and scheduling steps to set a first appointment and choose session options that fit their life.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Amy uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many habit patterns that keep someone stuck. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on setting small, concrete goals and building what already works in a person’s life. This approach is often helpful when someone wants quicker, goal-directed change. Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on reducing the ongoing impact of past harm by working with symptoms and responses tied to difficult events.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Amy will work with each person to decide which methods fit their current needs, goals, and preferences. Together they set practical steps and adjust the plan as progress is made or circumstances change.
Session logistics should be confirmed during the matching and scheduling steps. Because formats are not listed in this biography, prospective clients are asked to confirm which options are available before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example a shorter check-in on a lunch break, not needing to travel, or choosing a session that does not require being on camera. Licensed professionals can adapt the pace and structure to match real-life constraints while keeping the work focused and goal-oriented.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
36+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy concerns, and trauma-related issues. Additional focuses include caregiver stress, codependency, and life transitions.
How does she approach therapy?
She uses practical, task-oriented methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused work alongside trauma-focused approaches when needed. Sessions aim to identify patterns and try new behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
She has 36 years of clinical experience working with thousands of clients across a wide range of concerns.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas.
What languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I have sessions from another country?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact fees are provided during the scheduling process.
What do I need to do to start?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the site.
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.