Amy Hayes, LCSW

Licensed in Delaware · 22 years in practice

Amy Hayes welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure what to do next.

License and registration

LCSW, Delaware: Q1-0001342 · expires January 2027
LCSW, Idaho: 1271748 · expires August 2026
NPI: 1811383219 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 22
Languages: English

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About Amy

Amy Hayes welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure what to do next. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 22 years of counseling experience and works with concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. Amy focuses on practical steps that fit each person's life.

Sessions aim to identify manageable changes and build skills for day-to-day coping. She uses straightforward talk, goal-setting, and tasks between sessions to help keep progress moving.

Background and approach

Her background includes practice in both large cities and small towns, and she has worked with people from a range of cultural backgrounds. That variety informs a flexible style that adapts to each person's needs and comfort level. Amy draws on methods rooted in cognitive behavioral and humanistic ideas, along with empowering, task-oriented work.

These approaches are used to address short-term problems and longer-standing concerns such as trauma and loss. She describes her work as collaborative and motivating, shaped by a personal commitment to helping others find resilience and new life skills. If someone wants practical tools and steady support while navigating change, Amy offers a calm, direct way to get started.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Amy lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Self esteem
Depression
Addictions
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder

Online support

Evidence-informed approaches and online care

Amy commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques and humanistic, task-focused work in her online practice. Cognitive behavioral approaches focus on identifying unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and practicing new ways of responding to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress. Humanistic and empowering methods emphasize a respectful, person-centered conversation that helps people connect with their values and build confidence.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. Amy works collaboratively with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and comfort level, adjusting plans as progress unfolds. Together a therapist and client decide which techniques feel most useful and practical.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people meet face to face without commuting. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing support possible between longer sessions. These options allow therapy to fit around work, childcare, and other responsibilities while keeping focus on steady progress.

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Questions people ask

What issues does Amy commonly help with?

Amy works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, trauma and abuse, parenting and family challenges, sleep and eating difficulties, anger, career stress, and bipolar concerns.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is practical and collaborative, using goal-setting, task-oriented work, and talk-based problem solving to help people make measurable changes.

How much experience does she have?

She has 22 years of experience working in counseling settings across both large cities and small towns.

What credentials and region are associated with this therapist?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Delaware with DE LCSW and ID LCSW credentials listed.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How does pricing work for therapy with Amy?

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

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