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Torie Amza, LMHC
Florida
LMHC - Stress and Anxiety focus
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Family communication
- Caregiver stress
About Torie
Torie Amza is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida with 18 years of professional experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, family concerns, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. She offers straightforward, problem-focused sessions that help people clarify what's getting in the way and try practical ways to respond differently.
Her work often centers on identifying unhelpful thoughts and patterns and testing small behavior changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a primary approach she uses to break down worry, low mood, and avoidance into clear steps people can practice between sessions. She also pays attention to family relationships and communication, especially when those patterns affect everyday functioning.
Torie helps with blended family issues, caregiver stress, communication problems, and family of origin concerns. She also supports people dealing with immigration-related stress, workplace difficulties, social anxiety, and feelings of isolation. Sessions address concrete problems like impulsivity, setting boundaries, and rebuilding confidence.
Her experience includes working with multicultural concerns and prejudice or discrimination as factors in mental health. Torie frames problems in plain terms and focuses on practical strategies - thought records, behavioral experiments, and communication skills - that clients can try in real situations.
People who choose to work with her can expect direct conversation, clear goals, and homework between sessions when it helps. To begin, prospective clients follow the site's match process and schedule an initial session.
How CBT and structured approaches are used in online sessions
CBT helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, test predictions, and build new habits. In practice this looks like breaking a worry into specific thoughts, rating the belief in them, and planning a small experiment to check the idea in daily life. That method is useful for anxiety, low mood, and patterns that keep people stuck.She also focuses on practical communication and behavior skills when family or workplace interactions are a problem. That involves rehearsing clearer ways to say things, setting boundaries, and practicing responses to reduce reactivity. These skills are concrete and meant to be practiced between sessions to see what changes work.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist and client review goals, try techniques, and adjust plans based on what helps. She will work with clients to find which mix of CBT and skills training fits their needs, goals, and preferences.
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. It also lets people try exercises and then report back on how experiments went in real life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
18+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, family problems, self-esteem, depression, and coping with life changes. Additional areas include workplace issues, social anxiety, and caregiver stress.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. Sessions often include thought records, behavioral experiments, and practical skills to try between meetings.
What is her professional background?
She has 18 years of professional experience working with the listed concerns. That experience includes addressing multicultural issues and family-related challenges.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Florida. Location is listed as Florida for practice and administrative purposes.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are accepted per the profile details.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats. Confirm current online session options through the booking process before scheduling.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Exact pricing is provided during the sign-up flow.
How do I get started?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session through the site.
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