About Amy
Amy Shumack is an Accredited Social Worker (AASW) and counsellor with eight years' experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and intimacy-related issues. She also supports self-esteem, body image and people coping with shame, isolation or struggles around sexuality and women's issues.
Amy works to create a calm, grounded space where people can feel heard and start to make small, practical changes. Amy blends somatic work with practical talking therapies.
Background and approach
Sessions often include breathing and body awareness exercises alongside conversation. This helps people notice how feelings show up in the body and learn gentle ways to regulate their nervous system. Her approach is warm and down-to-earth.
Amy uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas, attachment-focused listening and client-centred techniques to help people name patterns and try different ways of relating to themselves and others. Mindfulness practices are used to build presence and reduce rumination. People who come to Amy often want help with relationship communication, recovering from past hurt, or finding a clearer sense of life purpose.
She also supports those working through guilt, abandonment concerns and post-traumatic stress with trauma-informed care and nervous system support. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging. Practical steps to start include a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that suits the person.
How somatic and talking therapies work online
Amy combines somatic approaches with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based work to support healing and regulation. Somatic therapy involves gentle body awareness, breathwork and noticing how emotions appear in the body; it can help with anxiety, trauma reactions and feeling more grounded. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and identifying values to guide small, meaningful action. Attachment-based work looks at relational patterns and helps people develop safer ways of relating to themselves and others.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Amy works collaboratively to see what feels helpful, adjusting tools and pacing to suit each person's goals and preferences. Together the therapist and client try different practices and check what lands well in online sessions.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video lets people work face to face when needed, while phone or text options suit shorter check-ins or days when sitting for video is difficult. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and access somatic exercises and mindfulness practices from home or wherever the person feels most comfortable.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English