Amy Kilgore, LPC

Amy Kilgore is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Virginia with 13 years of clinical experience. She brings personal life experience alongside her counseling work and grounds her practice in compassion and a hopeful outlook. Amy values a respectful, faith-informed perspective that shapes how she listens and responds to people in distress.

Amy focuses on practical help for common struggles like stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy-related concerns, eating issues, parenting strain, anger, bipolar mood concerns, and coping with life changes. She also addresses topics such as abandonment, attachment concerns, codependency, communication problems, and body image. The tone in sessions is collaborative and down-to-earth, with an emphasis on what someone can do day to day.

Her approach draws on several methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). These tools are used to help people manage symptoms, process difficult memories, and rebuild trusted connections with themselves and others.

Amy encourages people to be active in their care and recognizes the courage it takes to reach out. She describes clients as the experts of their own stories and works to create a steady, respectful space to talk things through and set realistic next steps.

If the reader thinks Amy might be a good match, they are invited to move forward with the initial matching steps on the site.

How Amy’s Approaches Work Online

Amy uses several evidence-informed approaches and explains them in plain terms. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and helps people choose actions that match their values. This is often useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches skills to shift unhelpful patterns. It can help with anxiety, mood challenges, and coping skills for daily life.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is used to process distressing memories and reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions. It is often helpful for people who have trauma and abuse in their history.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and preferences, then suggest which methods to try first. That plan can change as progress is made and needs evolve.

For practical matters, confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example, shorter check-ins around a lunch break, fewer travel demands, or a way to keep continuity when schedules change. A therapist can also adjust session pacing and techniques to the online setting so the work remains focused and useful.