Amy Mertz, M.A. LPC
Amy is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She obtained her Masters in Mental Health Counseling from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, KY. A Boerne native, she is excited to be back serving those in her hometown and surrounding areas. Throughout her internship, Amy worked with a variety of issues with college-age and young adult clients including anxiety, depression, chronic illness, trauma and adjustment disorders.
Amy’s experience also includes working at a substance abuse residential treatment facility with adolescent females suffering from substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders providing individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy and crisis intervention.
Amy’s therapy approach includes using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) as her main treatment modalities. Amy takes a trauma-informed approach to all clients while utilizing the wisdom each of the above modalities has to offer based on individual client needs.
She has a special interest in working with clients suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), survivors of sexual trauma, anxiety, substance use disorders, life transitions/adjustments as well as adolescent/teen females.
Amy’s main goal in therapy is to provide hope to her clients. Specifically, hope that despite life’s continual difficult circumstances, joy, contentment and thriving can still be found. Amy feels honored to walk alongside people in the most difficult times of their life to be there to listen, provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions and unconditional support.
This clinician offers Perinatal Mental Health services. Click here for more information.