Amie Stefanich, LMSW, LCSW

Amie Stefanich is a licensed social worker who helps people carrying heavy emotional burdens find steadier ground. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, compassion fatigue, addictions, and mood concerns like bipolar. Her style is warm and direct, aimed at making each conversation useful from the first visit.

She begins by listening closely and meeting people where they are. Sessions center on practical steps and honest reflection rather than medical labels. Amie combines familiar, hands-on methods so clients can notice small changes that add up over time.

Her background includes more than a decade of clinical practice across challenging settings. That experience includes supporting people facing end-of-life decisions, hospice and bereavement work, and caregivers managing burnout. She also brings experience with aging and geriatric issues, cancer-related concerns, and first responder stress.

In therapy she uses Client-Centered Therapy to prioritize each person’s goals, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and Solution-Focused Therapy to set short-term, practical goals. Motivational Interviewing helps when people want to change habits but feel stuck.

Amie holds LMSW and LCSW credentials and practices in Michigan. She offers a straightforward, collaborative approach built around respect and compassion. If someone is ready to begin, she supports them in taking the next step toward clearer choices and less overwhelm.

How her approaches translate to online care

Amie commonly draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns of thought and behavior that fuel stress and anxiety. CBT focuses on simple, concrete exercises and experiments that can be done between sessions to test what does and doesn’t help.

She also uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions focused on each person’s goals and values. This approach emphasizes listening, validation, and shaping conversations around what matters most to the client.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Amie treats the decision as collaborative and will adjust methods based on a person’s goals, life demands, and what feels most helpful in early sessions.

If you plan to try online therapy, check the session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow for brief check-ins when needed. It can also let people use methods like CBT worksheets or goal-tracking tools between meetings to keep progress moving.