Amargo Crenshaw , LPC

Amargo Crenshaw offers a warm, inviting welcome to each person who begins the therapeutic process and expresses gratitude for the trust involved in that decision. She approaches therapy as a collaborative partnership and creates a safe space for open dialogue, recognizing that all relationships involve risk and courage. As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), she brings clinical training and practical experience to a strengths-based model that centers the client’s goals and resources.

She combines a range of therapeutic modalities to build individualized treatment plans. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) is used to address emotional dysregulation, mood disorders, suicidal ideation, self-harm behaviors, and substance use concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, improving emotional regulation, and developing problem-focused coping strategies. Solution-Focused Therapy helps clients construct practical, future-oriented solutions and sustain desired behavioral changes, while Narrative Therapy supports exploration of personal values, life stories, and the impact of historical or family-related trauma.

With 20 years of experience, Amargo works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, relationship and family issues, parenting and intimacy-related challenges, anger, self-esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes. She offers messaging, phone, and video sessions to accommodate different needs and preferences and aims to partner with each client so they can heal within themselves and within their relationships.

Evidence-Informed Approaches for Online Support

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps clients identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, build practical coping skills, and improve emotional regulation to address current challenges. Solution-Focused Therapy emphasizes practical, goal-oriented steps and future-focused change, helping clients quickly identify small, sustainable adjustments that lead to progress. Trauma-Focused Therapy offers targeted strategies to process and integrate traumatic experiences with care, supporting recovery from trauma-related symptoms and improving daily functioning.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Amargo works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they explore options, adjust strategies over time, and prioritize interventions that feel most helpful for the individual.

Online sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging provide flexibility for busy schedules, greater geographic access, and continuity of care when in-person meetings are not possible. These formats allow licensed professionals to offer consistent therapeutic support while fitting therapy into a client’s everyday life.