Amy Pruitt , LMFT

Amy Pruitt is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 22 years of clinical experience working across community mental health settings. She has provided in-home family services, worked in nonprofit mental health clinics, and supported outpatient programs tied to residential substance abuse treatment. Her practice spans the adult life cycle, and she typically works best with people aged 20 to 95.

Amy focuses on trauma, post-traumatic stress, depression, anxiety, life transitions, grief and loss, family of origin concerns, parent coaching, relationship dynamics, and communication difficulties. Her approach is systemic and strengths-based, aiming to identify existing resources and skills in a person’s life and to use those strengths to reach practical goals. She combines narrative therapy with contextual cognitive behavioral techniques, incorporates EMDR when appropriate, and draws from dialectical behavior strategies as needed.

Therapy with Amy is conversational and intentionally personal, designed to engage and teach skills through psychoeducation and structured exercises. She and the client work together to set clear goals, practice useful tools, and apply new insights so that clients build confidence and discover solutions that fit their lives. Many clients have said they "have never been to a therapist" like her, noting the collaborative and skill-focused nature of her work.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care with Amy Pruitt

Amy uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop practical skills for managing anxiety, depression, and everyday stress. This approach focuses on changing thoughts and behaviors that get in the way of feeling better. Narrative therapy is another core method she uses - it helps clients explore the stories they tell about themselves and their relationships, opening space to reframe experiences and build meaning after loss or trauma. Trauma-focused therapy is also central to her practice and targets the effects of trauma and post-traumatic stress by providing structured ways to process memories and reduce their hold on daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Amy collaborates with each person to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting the plan as progress unfolds. Therapy is a shared process in which the therapist and client experiment with techniques and select what helps most.

Online sessions offer flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone therapy, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, maintain continuity during transitions, and access licensed professionals from different locations while preserving the collaborative, skills-based focus of Amy's in-person work.