About Amber
Amber Lynn Dicker is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in South Carolina who helps people facing anxiety, depression, trauma responses, and relationship or family problems. She supports those dealing with stress, low self-esteem, anger, and life changes. Her work also covers challenges such as ADHD, bipolar mood concerns, and struggles related to identity and isolation.
Amber uses a goal-focused, strengths-based style in sessions. She helps people notice how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect.
Background and approach
Then she works with them to try new coping skills and change unhelpful patterns. Her typical approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. She also draws on trauma-focused work when past hurts are getting in the way of daily life.
Sessions tend to focus on practical strategies people can use between meetings. With nine years of experience, Amber aims to be calm and straightforward during sessions. She guides conversations toward clear, manageable steps rather than long theoretical talks.
That can help people feel more able to try things that reduce distress. People who reach out often want help with communication problems, caregiver stress, body image, or grief tied to abandonment and adoption. Amber helps clients set realistic goals, practice skills, and monitor progress over time.
How therapy approaches work online
Amber commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice and test unhelpful thought patterns and try different behaviors to ease anxiety or depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) focuses on building practical skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and better communication when feelings run high.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Amber discusses goals, symptoms, and preferences with each person to determine what methods to use. She adjusts the plan as progress is tracked so the approach stays useful and relevant to the person’s needs.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is helpful, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are available for brief check-ins, skill practice, or when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it possible to fit therapy around work, school, and caregiving demands, while keeping treatment consistent over time.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Amber commonly address?
What is her therapeutic style like?
How much clinical experience does she have?
What credentials and location should I know about?
Which languages are offered for sessions?
What session formats are available?
How is cost handled for sessions?
How do I start therapy with her?
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.