Amy Payne is a licensed clinical social worker who works with adults on a number of different specialty areas, including grief and loss, trauma (military and non-military), relationships, stress management, sexual addiction anxiety, and depression. Amy is specially trained in trauma (Prolonged Exposure, Cognitive Processing Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing), complicated grief, and treatment for sexual addiction.
Amy obtained her master of science in social work from the University of Louisville and is currently working on her doctorate in social work at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Since obtaining her Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW) she has worked with hundreds of individuals and groups. She enjoys college basketball and football, as well as travel and spending time with my beloved pup babies.
*Couples, children, and adolescents are outside my scope of practice.
Additional areas of focus: LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Intimacy-related issues, Sleeping disorders, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Attachment issues, BDSM, Kink, Alternative Sex Culture, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Dissociation, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Fertility Issues, Forgiveness, Gender Dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hospice and End of Life Counseling, Military and Veterans Issues, Mood disorders , Post-traumatic stress, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Sex Addiction, Women's issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
SC LISW 11173
GA LCSW CSW007106
KY LCSW 2020