Amelia (Markert) Shaw, LCSW

Amelia (Markert) Shaw is a licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of experience helping people navigate life's hard moments. She draws on practical, person-focused approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationships, grief, and trauma and abuse. Amelia aims to make therapy approachable and straightforward for people unsure where to begin.

She meets each person where they are and moves at a pace that fits their life. Sessions focus on noticing patterns, testing small changes, and building skills for coping with day-to-day ups and downs. Amelia emphasizes clear goals and concrete steps rather than labels or jargon.

Her background includes work with mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, as well as issues around addiction, attention challenges, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with identity and relationship concerns, eating and sleeping problems, and career-related stress. Additional interests include attachment concerns, caregiving strain, chronic illness and pain, and adjustment after adoption or loss.

Amelia uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person, drawing from evidence-informed styles to match the issue at hand and the client’s preferences. She is described as approachable and practical, helping people learn new ways to respond to difficult thoughts and emotions. The focus is on usable strategies that fit busy lives.

If someone is ready to try counseling, Amelia encourages a simple first step: a short matching questionnaire and a scheduling choice. That first decision often becomes the start of steady, manageable change.

How her approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing practical techniques to change behaviors and emotions. It often helps with depression, anxiety, and sleep or eating difficulties. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the therapist's listening and support to help people explore their own goals and make changes at their own pace.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Amelia will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and life demands to decide which methods suit them best. That collaborative process can blend elements from several approaches to match real-world needs.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also help people keep continuity of care during major life changes while letting conversations focus on practical skills and problem solving.