Amy Montoya is a licensed professional counselor in Colorado with 16 years of experience.
01About Amy
Amy Montoya is a licensed professional counselor in Colorado with 16 years of experience. She draws on a long clinical history and prior work in nursing home social services to guide practical, person-focused care. She treats people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion while helping them take steps toward change.
Amy focuses on concerns such as trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and grief. She also helps people dealing with parenting, family conflict, body image, ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and caregiver stress.
Background and approach
Her work includes support around abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, chronic illness and disability, and recovery from separation or domestic violence. Her approach centers on listening first and adapting techniques to fit each person. Amy uses client-centered methods to ground sessions in the person's goals.
She integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy tools when clients need concrete skills for mood and behavior changes. For trauma and deeply held emotional wounds, Amy uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing to help process painful memories and attachment patterns. She balances these methods with straightforward coaching when clients want clear steps and accountability.
Sessions are aimed at practical progress. Amy helps people recognize patterns, try new ways of coping, and build skills for everyday life. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and supports each person as they work toward a more stable, satisfying life.
02Credentials
- LPC (Colorado)
- License LPC.0013922 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1770816696 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Amy lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Amy names
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Amy names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Remote approaches that match your needs
Amy commonly uses client-centered work to prioritize the person's own goals and values. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting what matters to you, and shaping sessions around your priorities so progress feels relevant and doable.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. CBT is useful for depression, anxiety, stress, and patterns that keep coming back. For emotion regulation and relationship patterns, Amy uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach grounding, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness techniques.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amy treats therapy as a collaboration and will help you experiment with methods to see what fits your goals and preferences. She tailors the mix of listening, skills practice, trauma processing, and coaching based on what helps you move forward.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions let you work in a face-to-face way from wherever you are. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options aim to make it simpler to attend regularly and keep progress steady.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Amy help with?
She works with trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, and parenting and family concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is listening-focused and collaborative. She adapts techniques to fit each person's goals and needs.
What is her clinical background?
Amy brings 16 years of professional experience and a long history in nursing home social services leadership to her counseling work.
Where is she licensed and located?
She is a licensed professional counselor - LPC - practicing in Colorado.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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