Amy Adams, LMSW

Amy Adams is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) practicing in Michigan with six years of clinical therapy experience. She has two decades of work connected to Community Mental Health in the Grand Rapids and Lansing areas, and she helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, and low self-esteem.

She uses practical, evidence-informed methods in sessions. Conversations focus on what is happening now and on steps a person can try between meetings. Amy aims to make the room easy to talk in and to reduce fear of judgment.

Her background includes work across community mental health settings, supporting people with mood disorders, panic, post-traumatic stress, and related concerns. She also brings experience assisting those coping with caregiver stress, isolation, life purpose questions, and midlife transitions.

In session she draws on approaches such as Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change. She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, a method aimed at reducing distress tied to traumatic memories. These are combined with straightforward conversation and practical coping strategies.

Amy emphasizes collaboration. She helps people set goals and choose approaches that match their needs and comfort. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on the therapist's availability.

How Amy’s approaches translate to online work

Amy uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find personal reasons to change. This approach focuses on asking open questions, reflecting back what a person says, and building motivation from their own values and goals. It can help with low motivation, behavior changes, and getting unstuck.

She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, often called EMDR, which is a structured way of working through distressing memories. EMDR aims to reduce the intensity of troubling memories and the emotions that accompany them, which can help with trauma-related symptoms and lingering stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amy collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. She will explain options, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful.

Session format details are not specified here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people try approaches like Motivational Interviewing and EMDR from their own everyday setting while working with a licensed professional.