Amber Cooper

Amber Cooper is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Pennsylvania with 18 years of outpatient therapy experience. She uses a relaxed, down-to-earth style in sessions and aims to make hard conversations feel easier to start. Her approach emphasizes listening and practical steps to manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

She draws on client-centered techniques to follow each person's priorities and on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used when emotions feel overwhelming, and she also integrates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and mindfulness practices when addressing trauma and recurring distressing memories.

Amber has worked across a wide range of concerns including parenting struggles, relationships, self-esteem, anger, bipolar mood issues, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people dealing with autism traits, intellectual disability, isolation, seasonal mood changes, and issues that commonly affect women.

Her style is informal and human - she often joins sessions in a sweatshirt and checks in with clients between sessions using messaging. Evening hours are more common in her schedule, with occasional Monday and weekend times. Clients should confirm current session options and scheduling details before booking.

To begin, prospective clients use the site Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

How Amber’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Amber blends client-centered therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to address common concerns. Client-centered work means sessions begin with the client's priorities and the therapist follows the client's lead to create a comfortable space. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. DBT offers practical emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills for people who feel overwhelmed by intense feelings.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Amber will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past, then suggest methods to try together. She adjusts tools over time based on what works for the person in real life.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce time spent traveling. It also lets people use mindfulness exercises and DBT skills practice between sessions to support progress in day-to-day life.