Amy Oxendine , LCSW

Amy Oxendine is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in North Carolina with seven years of clinical experience. She has worked across a range of settings including private mental health agencies, child protective services, hospitals, group homes, and public schools, supporting adults as well as elementary, middle, and high school students. Amy currently provides care to Veterans managing depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, military sexual trauma, and related medical and psychosocial challenges. Her clinical focus spans depression, anxiety, ADHD, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, career stress, bipolar disorder, and coping with major life changes, among other areas.

Amy brings a compassionate, energetic, and goal-oriented approach to therapy, believing that each person is unique and that interventions should be tailored to the individual. She draws from client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused strategies to help clients identify strengths, set achievable goals, and make measurable progress. Her aim is to empower people to navigate difficult circumstances, improve daily functioning, and move toward outcomes they find meaningful.

Amy welcomes the decision to seek support and is committed to building a collaborative therapeutic relationship that helps clients work toward positive, lasting change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Amy

Amy uses client-centered therapy to create a supportive space where clients lead the conversation and the therapist follows their needs; this approach helps with relationship concerns, self-esteem, and life transitions by focusing on each person’s strengths and goals. She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy, a practical method that helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and develop clearer coping strategies for anxiety, depression, ADHD-related challenges, and stress. Motivational interviewing is another tool in her practice - a collaborative, goal-focused style that helps people find internal motivation to change behaviors related to addictions, health management, or other ambivalent areas.

Finding the right approach is treated as part of the therapeutic process. Amy works collaboratively with clients to assess which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and adapts techniques over time as progress and circumstances evolve.

Online therapy with Amy can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for busy schedules, mobility limitations, or geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to access therapy from familiar surroundings while working with licensed professionals and therapists who tailor treatment to individual goals.