Amelia (Markert) Shaw, LCSW

Amelia (Markert) Shaw is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Virginia. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and major life transitions like a midlife crisis. Her approach is straightforward and warm, aimed at making difficult conversations feel more manageable.

Amelia starts by meeting people where they are. She listens first, then helps identify small, practical steps to ease pressure and build momentum. Sessions often look at everyday thinking patterns and how they shape feelings and actions.

Her methods draw from acceptance and commitment ideas and cognitive behavioral techniques. She also uses client-centered and emotionally focused ways of working to strengthen self-understanding. Dialectical behavior ideas are used when people need tools to handle intense emotions.

Over 12 years she has supported people facing grief, trauma, addiction, relationship problems, and career stress. She also addresses concerns such as ADHD, parenting strain, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and issues tied to adoption or attachment. Her experience spans many life stages and challenges.

Amelia values practical plans that fit into busy lives. She works with each person to set clear, achievable goals and to practice new ways of coping between sessions. That focus on real change helps people move past feeling stuck and toward more satisfying routines and relationships.

How Amelia’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and to choose actions that fit their values. It can be useful for coping with midlife questions, career shifts, and ongoing worry. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical ways to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, sleep problems, and low mood. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship where a person’s own insights guide change and healing.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amelia will talk with each person about goals, needs, and what feels most useful. Together they’ll try strategies, adjust them, and settle on the right mix of methods for the client’s life and preferences.

The therapist’s biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm available online options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. They also allow the therapist and client to continue steady work through life transitions when meeting in person is difficult.