- Self esteem work
- Communication skills
- Attachment issues
About Amy
Amy Keller is a California licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 31 years of clinical experience. She focuses on self esteem and helps people who are questioning what matters after changes in work, relationships, or health. She also works with concerns such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency, and communication problems.
Amy uses an evidence-based clinical style that centers the client's values and beliefs. Sessions are practical and conversational. She helps people talk through guilt, shame, and feelings of emptiness to find clearer next steps in daily life.
She often supports people coping with adoption and foster care histories, caregiver stress, and the strains of blended family situations. Divorce, separation, and aging-related worries are also within her practice focus. She addresses dissociation and personality-related patterns like avoidant or dependent tendencies when they affect everyday functioning.
Amy pays attention to how past losses and abandonment shape present relationships. She works with people who want better communication skills and stronger self-regard. Therapy is collaborative and paced to the person's needs.
Practical goals commonly include clearer decision-making, reduced self-blame, and more reliable ways to manage stress. To begin, readers are invited to use the site's matching process to schedule an initial session and see whether her approach fits their current needs.
Evidence-based approaches and online sessions
Many clinicians who describe their work as evidence based draw on techniques that focus on present patterns and practical change. One common approach helps people identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that undermine self esteem and decision making. This method is useful for tackling shame, guilt, and recurring negative self-talk.Another frequently used approach attends to attachment patterns and past losses. It looks at how earlier relationships shape current trust and communication, and helps people practice new ways of relating that reduce reactivity and isolation.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, life demands, and preferences. Sessions can blend techniques so work is focused on concrete next steps rather than abstract theory.
The original biography does not list specific online session types. Confirm the available formats before booking so you know whether video, phone, or other options are offered. Online sessions can make it easier to schedule work around daily life, shorten commute time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits a person's routine. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and skills work to remote formats so progress continues between meetings.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
31+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She focuses on self esteem and life purpose questions and also addresses issues such as abandonment, attachment concerns, codependency, and communication problems.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is client-centered and evidence based, with practical, conversational sessions that help people clarify values and next steps.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 31 years of experience working with adults on concerns like guilt, shame, and feelings of emptiness.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LMFT (licensed marriage and family therapist) practicing in California.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies by location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the site.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.