Virtual Relationship-Focused Therapy for Women in Florida & South Carolina
You know something has to change. You just don’t know how, or whether you’re even allowed to.
You’ve even tried. A no here. A little pushback there. Then your phone lights up with “What am I going to do?
I need you, you’re the only one who understands me,” and suddenly you’re rearranging your whole week. Again.
At Conversations with Amy, I help women throughout Florida and South Carolina build relationships that don't cost them themselves. Boundaries that don't buckle under guilt, and a way back to the person they were before they became everyone's emotional emergency contact.
Why I do this work
You can know a boundary would be fair and still feel like asking for it is a crime. That’s because real change lives in the body as much as it does in insight. So I blend attachment-focused therapy, CBT, Brainspotting, and somatic tools. I’m warm, but I’ll also tell you the truth, even when it’s not the easy thing to hear.
What I love most about this work is watching a woman go from managing everyone else's needs to finally recognizing her own, often before she even realizes she's done it. That shift, from surviving relationships to actually choosing them, is the whole reason I do this.
You’ve Rehearsed This Conversation a Hundred Times
You’ve drafted the text. You’ve practiced it in the shower. Then the moment comes, every cell in your body screaming no, and out comes “Sure, no problem.” Or you actually say it, then spend three days making up for it with extra favors and an apology nobody asked for.
Here's the part I'll probably point out early: you're not bad at boundaries, you're just really good at managing everyone else's needs and out of practice with your own. That's not a flaw, it's a habit, and habits can change.
And no, you don’t have to feel worthy of a boundary before you’re allowed to have one. That’s like waiting to feel rested before you go to bed. The worth shows up after. One small no at a time.
What becomes Possible
A No That
Actually Holds
Honor your own needs without writing yourself a three-page apology for it.
Say it once, and it stays said.
Build Relationships Based on Respect, Not Obligation
The people who stay are the ones who like the real you, not just the useful you.
Know What You
Actually Want
Reconnect with the voice, values, and instincts you've been talking over for years.
Guilt That Stops Making Your Decisions
It may still show up. It just stops running the night, the next morning, and the
whole weekend.
You Take Care of Everyone. Who's Taking Care of You?
Maybe you’re exhausted from being the strong one, the fixer, the person everyone assumes can handle one more thing.
You already know something has to change. Setting a boundary feels like starting a war. Speaking up feels like a risk you can not afford. Putting yourself first feels, somehow, selfish. So you try, it gets uncomfortable, and the old role quietly takes the wheel again.
Here’s the silver lining. None of that means your broken. It means you learned a strategy that used to work and stopped asking if it still does.
Maybe you replay conversations that everyone else forgot happened.
Maybe you say “I’m Fine” so often you lost track of whether it’s true.
Healthy relationships do not require you to disappear. Therapy helps you see what’s actually running the show, and yes, I’ll probably point a few things out directly. That’s usually the part that makes it stick.
How We Work On It
Brainspotting
Where you look affects how you feel. We find an eye position linked to where the guilt lives in your body, and your brain processes what talking keeps circling. No perfect words required.
CBT, Minus the Worksheets
We catch the story your mind runs at 2 a.m. and check it against what actually happened. Out loud, with some cheeky mirror-back from me.
Somatic Work
Your body knows you don’t want to say yes a few seconds before your mouth does. Your mouth just has decades more practice. We even the odds.
Attachment-Based
Work
Some people’s disappointment barely registers. Others knock you flat for a week. We look at why, and where you learned someone else’s mood was your job.
That's not some overnight transformation. It's just what happens once the patterns stop running the show.
What It Feels Like When You're Not Carrying All of This Anymore
Imagine answering "how are you" and telling the truth, because you are fine, not just saying it.
Imagine saying No without drafting an apology in your head first. Imagine hanging up the phone without replaying the whole conversation, wondering what you did wrong.
Here's what changes. You stop mistaking exhaustion for love. You start telling the difference between a request and an obligation. You feel calm in your body, not just calm on paper.
You become someone who can rest without earning it first, who trusts her own read on a situation, and who doesn't disappear into everyone else's needs just to keep the peace.
Therapy that Respects your Strength, While Asking You to Grow
Relationship patterns, boundaries, people-pleasing, and getting reacquainted with yourself.
Specialized Focus
No script. No generic worksheets. Every session meets you where you actually are, even on the days when you are "barely holding it together with dry shampoo and willpower."
Warm, Direct, and Tailored for you
You're the expert on your life. I'm just the one who'll occasionally hand you back something you just said, a pattern worth questioning, or proof of how far you've already come. Together, we build the plan.
Honest, Collaborative Work
Therapy should feel like a real conversation with someone who takes you seriously enough to be honest, not just supportive enough to agree with everything you say. My job isn't to hand you a new identity. It's to help you find your way back to the one that was always there, underneath the guilt and the overthinking.
Ways We Can Work Together
One-on-one, 55 minutes. For when you know what needs to change and can’t make it stick.
Individual Therapy
Couples Therapy
Both of you, 90 minutes. For the argument that keeps winning, and a relationship that needs to make room for who you’re becoming.
Group Therapy
Women doing the same work, together. Practice speaking up in a room where nobody needs you to manage their feelings.
Limited insurance accepted for individual sessions; check your coverage with the verification tool.
Couples and group sessions are self-pay. HSA and FSA funds welcome, and a superbill is available for
out-of-network reimbursement. Fees are listed on each service page.
Is This Worth Paying for Out of Pocket?
Fair question. You should be asking it
Self-pay means no insurance company deciding how many sessions you get or what we’re allowed to focus on. No diagnosis required to justify the work. And a therapist with more than 15 years of practice who has watched this exact pattern play out again and again,
I can usually spot when you’re about to talk yourself back into the old role.
Now do the other math. The hours spent replaying conversations. The weekends rearranged around other people’s emergencies. The resentment you swallow because saying something feels too expensive. That pattern is already charging you.
It just doesn’t send an invoice.
Getting Started is Simple
Let's Talk: A Quick Chat to See If We're a Good Fit
First Session: A Little Paperwork, A Lot of Getting to Know You
Get Into It: Starting Where It Makes Sense
Progress is different for every client
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"My 24 year old daughter pointed out that this was the first time she has ever seen me smile talking about my mother."
~ A.M. ~
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“I am finally able to put myself first, without ruminating about it for 3 days."
~ S.B. ~
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“I was finally able to let go of 20+ years of stuff to move into the next chapter of my life with confidence."
~ T.G. ~
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“I am no longer rescuing people, it's been hard but I am happier."
~ C.M. ~
You Deserve Relationships That Don’t Require You To Disappear
Whether you’re managing everyone else’s needs, wrestling with a no that won’t stick, or just tired of being “fine,” let’s talk.
Virtual Therapy Available Throughout Florida & South Carolina
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. Every session is virtual, by secure video. You need to be physically located in Florida or South Carolina during each session, since that’s where I’m licensed.
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Yes, I accept a limited number of insurance plans for individual sessions. Use the insurance verification tool on this site to check your coverage and cost. If I’m out of network for you, I provide a superbill you can submit for possible reimbursement, and many clients use HSA or FSA funds.
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No. Couples sessions are self-pay. A superbill is available, but insurance often doesn’t reimburse couples work, and HSA/FSA rules for it vary. Check with your plan first.
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Individual sessions are 55 minutes.
Couples and family sessions are 90 minutes.
Details are on each service page.
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Click on the “Let’s Talk” button to book a free 15-minute call. If you leave it feeling understood, and a little called out in a way that felt kind, that’s a good sign. If I’m not the right fit, I’ll tell you.
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I’m Amy Ros, MS, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Qualified Supervisor in Florida (MH15833) and a Licensed Professional Counselor in South Carolina (9600), with more than 15 years in practice.
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Often because the last therapy stayed in your head. You gained insight, but your body still panicked every time you said no. I combine talk-based work with Brainspotting and somatic tools to reach the reactions insight can’t touch. And I’ll be honest with you, not just agreeable.
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Usually because the boundary changed your words but not the pattern underneath. If saying no still sets off guilt or dread, you’ll find ways to undo it: over-explaining, caving later, or making it up to them. Lasting change comes from working with that reaction, not just practicing the words.
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Talk therapy works through words and insight. Brainspotting uses where you look to reach the reactions you can’t think your way out of. Many clients find it gets to the guilt or dread that talking keeps circling. I use both, depending on what’s stuck.