Works with
- Anger
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
How Amy works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMSW, LCSW
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin, Michigan
- Years in practice
- 21
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Amy
Amy Saarnio Wyka is a licensed social worker practicing in Michigan. She holds the Master of Social Work credential and is licensed as an LCSW in Wisconsin and an LMSW in Michigan. With 21 years of experience, she has worked with people facing family conflict, trauma, parenting concerns, and depression.
Amy builds a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak openly. She focuses on listening first to understand each person’s situation.
Background and approach
Then she helps set small, practical goals clients can try between sessions. Her work often addresses stress, anxiety, anger, grief, and coping with life changes. She also helps people managing addictions, sleep or eating concerns, and issues around self-esteem and intimacy.
Amy pays attention to how past attachment and relationship patterns shape current struggles. Amy uses approaches that center the client and emphasize skills. She draws on attachment-based ideas, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior tools, and motivational interviewing depending on the need.
Sessions tend to be straightforward and goal-oriented, while still allowing space to sort through feelings. People who prefer a collaborative, practical style often find this approach helpful. Amy supports clients who want to make concrete changes, learn new coping skills, and repair relationship patterns.
Taking the first step can feel hard, and she aims to make that step easier to take.
What Amy works with
Everything Amy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Amy's practice.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Amy lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate to online care
Amy often uses attachment-based ideas which look at how early relationships affect present patterns. This helps when people want to understand why they react strongly in relationships and to build healthier ways of connecting.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy or CBT, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT focuses on small, practical changes people can try between sessions to reduce anxiety, low mood, and unhelpful behavior.
The choice of approach is collaborative. Amy will work with clients to identify goals and pick methods that fit their needs and preferences. That process may blend approaches and change as work progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people read facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Text and chat can suit quick updates, ongoing coaching, or when juggling work and family schedules. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping the focus on practical tools and steady progress.
Questions people ask about Amy
What concerns does she help with?
Amy works with a wide range of concerns including family conflict, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, depression, anxiety, anger, grief, addictions, and self-esteem.
What is her therapy style like?
She creates an open, nonjudgmental space and focuses on listening first. Sessions combine practical skill building with time to talk through feelings.
How much experience does she have?
She has 21 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and community services.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds LMSW and LCSW credentials and practices in Michigan while also licensed in Wisconsin.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.