Amy Laird, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Amy Laird, Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Verified
Telehealth Available
Professions: Clinical Social Worker, Mental Health Counselor, Psychotherapist
License Status: I'm a licensed professional.
Primary Credential: Licensed Clinical Social Worker - 149026439
Telephone: 734-316-4289
Billing and Insurance:
I am an in-network provider for:
- Aetna
- Blue Choice
- Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
Session Fees: Free 15-minute phone consultation; individual therapy session fees are $130 for a 45-minute session, and $185 for a 60-minute session. Sliding scale available for qualified self-pay clients.
I take BCBS PPO and Choice plans, and Aetna.
Sliding Scale Available
Weekend Availability
Evening Availability
What's My Approach to Therapy?
Shame, feeling different, experiencing depression or anxiety, and facing relationship issues or conflicts with oneself and/or the world are some of the issues I commonly provide help with.
I believe that deep psychological and emotional change is achievable through Jungian-informed depth psychotherapy and dreamwork (which is always optional). The work I offer focuses on depth work to reduce the influence of the unconscious, which can look like addressing triggers, somatic symptoms, default patterns, reactions, rigid attitudes, depression, anxiety, mood swings, or a crisis of meaning... the list can go on. This type of therapy helps expand consciousness and create meaningful change.
I hope to offer you welcoming, inclusive, and trauma-sensitive care. I have training and certifications in trauma, complex trauma, and shame.
My Practice & Services
I am also affiliated with the C.G. Jung Center in Evanston, IL.
Therapy Services & Specialties
Client Age Groups I Work With
- Adults
- Elders
Languages
- English
Groups I Work With
- Highly sensitive individuals; those who have experienced religious or ideological trauma, othering or exclusion, significant loss, or childhood relocation and adjustment stress.
Client Challenges & Concerns I Address
- Abandonment
- Addictions and Compulsions
- Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Attachment Issues
- Borderline
- Breakup
- Career Issues
- Codependency / Dependency
- Control Issues
- Creative Blocks
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Emotional Overwhelm
- Emptiness
- Family of Origin Issues
- Family Problems
- Fear
- Grief, Loss, and Bereavement
- Health / Illness / Medical Issues
- Helplessness / Victimhood
- Inadequacy
- Inattention, Impulsivity, and Hyperactivity (ADHD)
- Individuation
- Irritability
- Isolation
- Jealousy
- LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Issues
- Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
- Men's Issues
- Midlife Crisis / Midlife Transition
- Mood Swings / Mood Disturbance
- Multicultural Concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic
- Parenting
- Perfectionism
- Post Partum Depression
- Posttraumatic Stress / Trauma
- Power
- Prejudice / Discrimination
- Psychosis
- Racism
- Rejection
- Relationships and Marriage
- Religious Issues
- Schizophrenia
- Self-Actualization
- Self-Care
- Self-Compassion
- Self-Confidence
- Self-Criticism
- Self-Doubt
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Love
- Sensitivity to Criticism
- Shame
- Sleep Issues
- Social Anxiety / Phobia
- Somatization
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suspiciousness / Paranoia
- Terminal Illness
- Trust Issues
- Values Clarification
- Women's Issues
- Worry
- Worthlessness
- Young Adult Issues
Therapeutic Approaches & Evidence-Based Methods
- Depth Therapy
- Dreamwork
- Jungian Psychotherapy
- Psychodynamic
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