Amy Shapton, LCSW

Amy Shapton is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 13 years of professional experience and a Master’s degree in Health and Military Social Work. Her training and long career in medical social work include 11 years supporting patients and families in an oncology setting, which has informed a nuanced understanding of resilience, adjustment, and how people navigate life-altering experiences.

She is a certified Cognitive Behavioral Therapist, and she works with a broad range of concerns such as depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, lifestyle challenges, relationship and intimacy issues, and family or systemic conflict. She also supports individuals facing role transitions, identity shifts, and the emotional impacts of major life changes. Her clinical focus includes stress, relationship and family issues, coping with life changes, and social anxiety and phobia, along with attention to communication problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, and self-love.

Amy’s practice is grounded in a strengths-based perspective that treats each person as the author of their own story. She helps clients identify and cultivate personal strengths as practical tools for navigating challenges, and when appropriate she frames growth opportunities through a post-traumatic growth lens—acknowledging both the pain of adversity and the potential for meaning, insight, and transformation. Taking the first step toward a more balanced and fulfilling life is an act of courage; Amy offers compassionate, clear, evidence-based support while walking alongside clients as they pursue the changes they want to create.