Amy Schold, LCSW

Amy Schold is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Louisiana with 20 years of experience. She focuses on common struggles like depression, anxiety, stress, relationship strain, grief, and coping with life changes. Her work also addresses ADHD, addictions, anger, self-esteem, and career concerns. She speaks English and combines practical strategies with respectful listening.

She uses a client-centered stance that starts by understanding each person’s goals. From there she draws on approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior skills to build coping tools. Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about change.

Sessions are built to help people manage immediate problems and learn skills for the future. That can mean practicing new ways to handle strong emotions, challenging unhelpful thoughts, or making steady plans to change behavior. The aim is steady progress, not a quick fix.

Amy’s background spans two decades working with a wide range of concerns, including mood disorders, trauma and abuse, personality challenges, obsessive-compulsive issues, panic, phobias, and process addictions. She also helps people facing divorce, family problems, guilt and shame, and women’s issues.

Her style is direct and compassionate. She offers practical tools and focuses on everyday habits and thought patterns that get in the way. To begin, visitors use the site’s Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

How her approaches work in online therapy

Amy often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change thoughts and behaviors that make life harder. CBT sessions typically focus on practical steps and homework to try between meetings, which can help with anxiety, depression, obsessions, and panic.

She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT skills teach concrete ways to handle intense feelings, reduce impulsivity, and improve emotional balance in daily life.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences, and adjust strategies over time based on what helps most.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. They can also let someone choose quieter surroundings, use less bandwidth by turning off video, or schedule sessions that fit around work or caregiving without changing the therapeutic work itself.