About me
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 20 years in the counseling field. Many of my clients experience stress, grief, anxiety, depression, difficult life transitions, and challenges surrounding blended families. My experience surrounds settings in both large cities and small towns with a span through a variety of cultures.
It becomes an important piece of our work together that I tailor my counseling approach to your needs and comfort level. My desire to help, support and motivate others comes from a personal history with overcoming some of life's major challenges and obstacles. Learning there is support out there, knowing that we can overcome suffering and find our inner strength, has become an important mission for me.
Cognitive behavioral, humanistic, empowering, and task oriented approaches are used widely in my practice. At times it can be simple daily challenges that become too overwhelming for us, while other times suffering from longer lasting challenges such as death and various trauma are why my clients seek support. When change is needed, whether we know what needs to be changed or not, we can take a look at what is going on around and within us. It is at this time that change can begin to occur. By taking the first step to a more healthy you, healing can begin, doors will open, growth occurs, and new life skills can be obtained. I hope to meet you and am glad you made it here.
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Depression
Addictions , Family conflicts , Trauma and abuse , Grief , Intimacy-related issues , Eating disorders , Sleeping disorders , Parenting issues , Anger management , Career difficulties , Bipolar disorder
Services offered
Messaging
Live Chat
Phone
Video
Licensing
DE LCSW Q1-0001342
Reviews
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Amy Hayes has been a great listener for me to work through some issues I’m having and checks on me when I haven’t posted anything. My talks get me thinking about the best way forward and her messages inspire me to think of how I’m going to succeed in my endeavors.
Being paired by BetterHelp with my therapist Amy Hayes made me realize what a great move I had made reaching out. Amy is perfect for me - has experience with what I’m going through, is supportive, and offers ideas for me to consider in my wellness journey. Don’t hesitate to try BetterHelp, I did and I realize now that good quality effective therapy/ help was always right there.
Amy is awesome and I’ve been seeing her for 18 months or so. She’s made a tremendous difference for me and I always look forward to seeing her.
Amy is very friendly and attentive. When talking with her, she validates your feelings and experiences while providing feedback and care that is personalized to your needs. She is the best. I highly recommend her!
Amy is an excellency counselor who always listens to my needs and offers very helpful and life changing advice.
Amy is a wonderfully compassionate therapist. She truly takes all of what I have to say into her responses and she always makes time to hear me. As someone surrounded by therapists, it’s very refreshing to find someone slightly different than what I am constantly exposed to.
Amy is very dedicated to her craft and always checked in with me to see how I'm doing and that goes along way for my progress !
She’s amazing and really makes me feel seen and heard.
I met with Amy for the first time through video conference last week. Prior to that, she would send me messages to obtain background information. I found this very helpful when we "officially" met face-to-face because she already knew enough about me to head right into some things to help me get started towards progress.
Amy is absolutely incredible. I found her in a very dark space. She’s helped me understand my sense of self, appropriating feelings, and not being scared to share them. The foundation she laid for me in that dark place has changed me forever. Thank you, Amy. You’re incredible.
Amy is absolutely wonderful. She’s always lending a listening ear and offers frequent suggestions to get me out of the rut that I sometimes find myself in. And she makes sure to check in on me frequently, even when I forgot to hit the send button on my last message. She is a great therapist and I highly recommend her to anyone who needs her services.
I just rejoined Betterhelp after having to cancel due to financial reasons. I was immediately re-paired with Amy and couldn't have been more thrilled. Amy is a great listener and knows when to give advice and when to have you work it out on your own (with her coaching, of course). Could not recommend any higher.
Amy has been great and instrumental in my mental health healing and development. I have been continuing to use all the lessons that she teaches in my daily life and over the last several months things have been slowly progressing in the right direction. The advice that has been received is remarkable and look forward to continuing my therapy sessions.
Amy is wonderful and very down to earth. She *gets* me and talks to me in a way that no one else has, especially when it comes to my extreme anxiety and OCD. She makes me think about both anxiety and OCD in a way that I never have - she always makes it into a positive and for that, I am grateful! Amy is awesome
I enjoy working with Amy Hayes because she is effective and articulate and, more importantly, she is super compassionate and supportive.
She has been a very supportive counselor who never ceases to remind me of my power as an individual. She helps me so much in just finding a different outside perspective on what's going on in my life. I found her support and encouragement very helpful.
Amy has proven to be a lifeline in a very turbulent time for me. She keeps me focusing on what I need to do to move forward, not letting me mire myself in the past. She helps me think logically, not letting my depression and anxiety color my thoughts. She’s supportive and at the same time, extremely real. She’s been an amazing counselor so far and I look forward to working more with her.
Amy is a great listener who really helps me dive into the why's behind my thoughts and feelings. She has been timely, wise and, above all, comforting, in her words and wisdom. All the while, she encourages me to come up with my own plans and understandings.
I felt comfortable with Amy right away. She really makes me feel heard and offers me tools to help with my therapy. Being able to message anytime has been great and Amy also offers many other ways of communicating. She’s been really helpful.
It is so nice to have someone that actually listens. Thank you!
Any is very helpful and patient focused. She is good to work with.
Amy is truly understanding and a pleasure to work with.
Amy has been wonderful. She always responds promptly and understands my concerns. She focuses on the things that I am doing to help myself and I really like that. She’s motivating understanding and very caring. I’d recommend her to anyone needing help.
I feel so fortunate to have Amy Hayes as my counselor. She is smart, insightful, gets just what the issues are and knows how to give the right response. She is so with the client and I felt her guidance was incredibly on target! Thank you, Amy!
Amy listens and sets up goals of different sorts and set up aims for goals. And follows up. And asks questions which get me thinking.
Amy has been helping through one of the toughest times of my life. She has brought my spirits back up and is very supportive also gives different advice on how to achieve your goals me I knew what I wanted and how I was going to to do it I needed support and advice because sometimes your head is just racing with thoughts she can help calm them down talking to you. I would highly recommend her and use her again in the future if I ever needed this again.
After quite a while of trying to get over some mental health issues I was having for roughly a year, I signed up to BetterHelp and was paired with Amy; she was excellent and welcoming in something that I was apprehensive about, and in a few short weeks she helped me really turn things around. I would recommend her to anyone.
Amy is a very compassionate and supportive counselor with good expertise. I have briefly worked with her through a difficult moment and she helped me understand and see better the situation for what it was. I recommend her to anyone looking for an experienced yet emphatic counselor.
Thanks to Amy, I could recover from the relationship problem so fast when I lost hope. Amy is a professional and patient counselor, I can text her anytime when I had problems and thoughts, and she always encourages me and tells me what's going on and how to do better step by step. We have had one live session to talk about the situations and she gave me professional suggestions which helped me so much. Now we are on the way to figure out my emotional control and family influence. I do trust Amy!