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Licensed clinical social worker recordNew Jersey

Amy Klein

Amy Klein, LCSW

New Jersey

Licensed clinical social worker - stress and addictions

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Credentials
LCSW
Licensed in New Jersey
LCSW, licence 44SC04319900
NPI
1366644890
Experience
25 years
Languages
English
Location
New Jersey

These details come from information Amy supplied to BetterHelp. A licence can be checked with the social work board of the state that issued it, and an NPI with the national registry.

AAbout

  • Stress and anxiety
  • Substance use support
  • Attachment focus

About Amy

Amy Klein is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New Jersey with 25 years of experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, cope with addictions, and address relationship and intimacy-related issues. She also works on self-esteem, motivation, depression, parenting concerns, and life transitions.

In sessions she focuses on listening and practical conversation. She encourages people to talk through worries about relationships, work, and parenting. She prefers straightforward, person-focused work that aims to clarify problems and next steps.

Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships affect current patterns. She uses client-centered techniques to keep the person's priorities central. She also brings psychodynamic and solution-focused ways of looking at repeating problems and small actionable changes.

Clients can expect short-term and longer-term conversations that balance exploring background with trying concrete changes. She often helps people identify small goals, practice new responses, and track what helps over time. Sessions include practical strategies for coping with anger, ADHD-related struggles, and caregiver stress.

Amy has worked in clinical settings for many years and has experience with addiction and family-origin issues such as abandonment, adoption and foster care, and blended family challenges. She offers help with communication problems, codependency, hoarding, and the fallout from divorce or separation.

BHow sessions work

How Amy’s approaches work in online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. In online sessions this helps people understand why they respond a certain way in close relationships and practice different responses in daily life. Client-Centered Therapy keeps the person’s priorities central. The therapist listens, reflects, and helps set goals that feel important to the client rather than imposing a fixed plan. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amy will talk with each person about goals and preferences and then choose methods together. This collaborative process means approaches can shift as needs change. Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around work, school, or caregiving by cutting travel time and allowing check-ins from wherever is quieter. Some formats may use video or phone and can be chosen to suit energy, bandwidth, or whether someone prefers not to be on camera.

CAreas of focus

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Also works with

Family conflictsIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsControl issuesDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

25+ years

Listed in

New Jersey

Languages

English

DQuestions

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, depression, parenting, anger, career concerns, bipolar, ADHD, and coping with life changes.

What is her therapeutic style?

She combines listening with practical conversation, using client-centered work and approaches that look at attachment and patterns. The goal is to clarify problems and identify small steps forward.

How much experience does she have?

She has 25 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and with people facing addiction and family-origin issues.

Is she licensed and where does she practice?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in New Jersey and practices from that state.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions scheduled and what does it cost?

Costs vary with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. Confirm price details during the sign-up flow.

How do I get started?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, call 911, or call or text 988. More crisis numbers

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