Amy Roth

Amy Roth is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Mental Health (LPC-MH) in South Dakota and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 15 years of experience. She works with people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and big life changes. She also helps those questioning life purpose and people navigating LGBT and gender dysphoria concerns.

Amy keeps sessions practical and straightforward. She listens to what is most pressing and helps clients set clear goals. Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centered talk, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior tools, and mindfulness skills.

She has a Master’s in Counseling and Human Resource Development from South Dakota State University, earned in 2007, and has worked across many settings since then. Amy has experience with mood disorders, panic attacks, personality and trauma-related issues, and compassion fatigue.

In therapy she focuses on the person in front of her. That means talking through current struggles, identifying patterns tied to family of origin or attachment, and practicing skills to manage intense feelings. She uses cognitive-behavioral methods to test unhelpful thoughts and DBT strategies to stabilize strong emotions.

Amy commonly supports people aged 15 and up, though she has experience with other ages as well. Sessions aim to be clear and usable, with tools and steps people can try between meetings to see what fits their life.

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Amy uses attachment-based ideas to look at patterns that formed in earlier relationships and how they show up now. This can help clients who feel empty, struggle with abandonment, or repeat unhelpful relationship habits. Client-centered work means sessions focus on what the person says matters most; the therapist listens and follows the client’s lead to build trust and clarify goals.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to notice and test thinking patterns and try small behavior changes. CBT can be useful for anxiety, panic, and mood symptoms because it gives concrete steps to practice between meetings. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amy will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and preferences and then choose techniques that fit.

The biography indicates she has offered video, live chat, and phone sessions, but clients should confirm which formats are currently available before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people choose whether to be on camera. Therapists and licensed professionals can adjust pace and homework to suit life demands, helping ideas from sessions land in day-to-day routines.