Amy Roth

Amy Roth is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Mental Health (LPC-MH) and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in South Dakota. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, and the ups and downs of major life changes. Amy works with individuals 15 and older while also having experience with other age groups. She aims to meet people where they are and keeps therapy straightforward and practical.

In sessions she listens for what feels most pressing and builds a plan from there. Amy draws on mindfulness, attachment-based ideas, and cognitive-behavioral tools to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try small changes. She also uses client-centered and dialectical behavior approaches when those fit a person’s needs.

Her background includes a Master’s in Counseling and Human Resource Development from South Dakota State University, completed in 2007, and more than 15 years working in counseling roles. That experience includes work with mood disorders, trauma, grief, parenting stress, and identity concerns such as gender dysphoria and LGBT-related issues.

Amy offers sessions by video, live chat, and phone, and she tailors the format and methods to each person’s goals. She emphasizes collaboration - people and therapist make decisions together about what to try next. Her style is practical, focused on small, useful steps rather than long lectures.

People seeking help can expect a calm, steady approach that centers their immediate struggles and daily life. Amy aims to make therapy fit into real routines and to support clearer thinking, emotional regulation, and improved coping over time.

How her approaches translate to online work

Amy commonly integrates Mindfulness Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy into her sessions. Mindfulness Therapy encourages simple awareness exercises to help reduce reactivity and manage anxiety. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and works on building more secure ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening closely and shaping sessions around what the person wants to focus on right now.

Choosing the right approach is part of the early work together. Amy collaborates with each person to figure out which methods and exercises fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. She adjusts the plan as progress is made and as life changes arise.

She offers online appointments and has used video, live chat, and phone formats. Confirm current session options before booking so you know what is available. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Therapists can guide practical exercises over calls or video and help people practice new skills between sessions to support everyday life.