Amy Romero

Amy Romero is an LCSW practicing in New Mexico who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, depression, and LGBT-related concerns. She also supports issues around body image, eating and food-related problems, communication and control struggles, and feelings of isolation. Amy offers a calm, respectful approach and aims to meet clients where they are.

She brings direct mental health experience from outpatient therapy, intensive in-home work with at-risk youth, and substance abuse counseling. Amy holds a master’s degree in social work with a concentration on children and families, and she has worked with teenagers and adults in both individual and group settings.

Her style is warm and interactive. Sessions focus on honest conversation and practical steps. She works to create an environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without judgment.

Amy uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person’s needs. She draws on client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, motivational interviewing, narrative and psychodynamic ideas when helpful. Treatment is collaborative and adjusts as goals change.

She has experience addressing substance use concerns, trauma, mood disorders, OCD and related compulsive behaviors, and parenting or family stressors. Amy does not see children under age 14. For people seeking help with eating and food-related issues, she aims to understand the personal story around food and build manageable coping strategies.

How Amy’s approaches translate to online therapy

Amy commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and reflecting a person’s experience back to them, which helps when someone needs acceptance and clearer self-understanding. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts and behaviors link together and offers practical skills to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, mood problems, and eating-related behaviors.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Amy collaborates with each person to identify what feels most useful. She adjusts methods over time based on goals, progress, and what the person prefers.

Practical benefits of online therapy can include easier fitting of sessions into a busy life and fewer barriers to attending regularly. Because session formats were not specified in the biography, confirm current session options before booking. Online work can support check-ins that are shorter or scheduled around work or school, and it can make attending counseling from different locations simpler while the therapist and client work together on goals.