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Amy Montoya, LPC

  • Experience16 years
  • LocationColorado
  • Focus areasADHD, LGBT, and Family
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
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About Amy

Amy Montoya is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Colorado with 16 years of clinical experience. She brings a long history of supporting people through trauma, relationship struggles, mood disorders, grief, and issues related to identity and addiction.

Background and approach

Her background includes extensive work in social services settings, and she draws on that practical experience to create treatment plans grounded in real-world needs. She works from a respectful, empathetic stance and shapes conversations to each person's circumstances.

Amy uses evidence-informed methods such as client-centered strategies, cognitive-behavioral tools, EMDR for trauma processing, and skills from dialectical behavior therapy when emotional regulation is central. ADHD is listed among her areas of focus and she integrates relevant strategies without implying diagnostic or specialist status.

Her approach emphasizes collaboration, skill-building, and helping clients find manageable steps toward better functioning and well-being.

Approaches and Options for Online Therapeutic Work

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening with empathy and shaping treatment around each person's goals and values; it helps people feel understood and engaged in choosing the next steps for growth. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering concrete tools for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes. EMDR is a trauma-focused technique that supports processing distressing memories and symptoms related to past events, often used when trauma is a central concern.

Finding the best therapeutic approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist partners with clients to consider symptoms, life circumstances, and personal preferences to decide whether to emphasize skill-building, trauma processing, emotion regulation, or a blend of methods. Treatment plans are adjusted over time based on what proves most helpful for the individual.

Online therapy with Amy is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to fit regular sessions into busy lives, maintain continuity during transitions, and access help from home or work. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver both structured interventions like CBT and supportive, client-centered work that adapts to each person's pace.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
Amy works with a wide range of issues including trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related problems, grief, addictions, ADHD, and many other challenges listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends a respectful, empathetic stance with practical techniques. She tailors therapy around each client's needs using client-centered principles alongside structured interventions.
How much professional experience does she have?
The counselor has 16 years of experience and a background that includes long-term social services work in care settings, which informs her clinical perspective.
What credentials and location information are available?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in Colorado. Her credential is listed as CO LPC LPC.0013922.
In which languages can clients work with her?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference and availability.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

LGBTFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseDepression

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily problemsFatherhood issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameIsolation / lonelinessMen's issuesMidlife crisisMood disordersNarcissismPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

16+ years

Licensed

Colorado

Languages

English