Amy Shumack

Amy Shumack is an AASW social worker with eight years’ experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and intimacy-related issues. She also helps with self-esteem concerns, body image, attachment and feelings of isolation. Amy writes with a calm, compassionate style and aims to create a respectful space where clients feel heard.

In sessions she uses approaches that invite connection between thoughts, feelings and the body. She combines acceptance and commitment ideas with attachment-based work and client-centred listening. Mindfulness and narrative techniques are used to help people notice patterns and try different ways of responding.

Amy describes her manner as warm and engaging. She focuses on helping people feel more regulated and present. Practical tools such as breathwork and simple nervous system exercises are offered alongside talking work.

Her background includes work as a trauma-informed counsellor and family practitioner. She has worked with concerns ranging from substance use and parenting stress to post-traumatic stress and relationship communication problems. This variety informs an adaptable, person-focused approach.

People who choose Amy often want to build self-love, repair attachment patterns, or find clearer life direction. Her practice aims to support those goals step by step, using techniques that suit each person’s needs and pace.

How Amy’s approaches translate to online therapy

Amy uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thinking and focus on values-based action. ACT often suits those who want clearer direction and less reactivity to difficult thoughts and feelings. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to explore patterns in relationships and how early bonds shape current safety and connection. This work can help with intimacy issues, abandonment fears and rebuilding trust. Client-Centred Therapy provides a supportive, non-directive space where the person’s own priorities guide the pace and content of sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amy will talk with clients about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try. That collaborative planning means techniques can be adapted if something isn’t helping or if new needs emerge.

If you are considering online therapy, check the current session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, cut travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people use breathwork and grounding tools from wherever they are, and make it simpler to continue meeting while managing appointments, work and family commitments.