- Years in practice
- 3
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Amber
Amber Rentfro (Dealy) is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Missouri. She brings three years of clinical experience and a personal commitment to therapy shaped by her own life challenges. Amber aims to create a space where a person feels seen and understood while they work toward change.
She focuses on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, grief, bipolar symptoms, and addictions. Parenting is listed among her areas of focus, and she also addresses relationship struggles, anger, self-esteem, career questions, and coping with life changes.
Background and approach
Additional themes she often encounters include attachment and abandonment issues, caregiver stress, and concerns around communication and commitment. Amber works with a range of therapeutic methods. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and client-centered approaches.
In session she mixes practical skills with reflective conversation to help people notice patterns and try small changes. Her background includes experience supporting people with trauma, co-occurring disorders, and persistent mental health challenges. Sessions tend to be collaborative and paced to fit each person’s needs.
Amber emphasizes learning tools that can be used between sessions for real-world situations. She conducts sessions in English and offers several online formats including video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Getting started involves completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first appointment.
What Amber works with
Everything Amber lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Amber helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Amber lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Amber’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and making changes that matter long term.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches specific skills to reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. It often uses short exercises and experiments between sessions to test new ways of coping.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is used to address distress tied to traumatic memories by guiding attention while recalling upsetting material, which can reduce the intensity of those memories for some people.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. Amber will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before, then adapt methods to fit. The therapist and client decide together which tools to try and how to pace progress.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit help into a busy life. Video calls let people work face to face when a longer conversation is needed. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option on the go. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options allow flexibility in scheduling and format while keeping the focus on practical work and progress.
Questions people ask about Amber
What concerns does Amber commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, bipolar symptoms, addictions, and related issues such as anger, self-esteem, and relationship difficulties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Amber mixes practical skill teaching with client-centered conversation so people can notice patterns and try small changes between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has three years of counseling experience and has worked with trauma, co-occurring disorders, and persistent mental health challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
Amber holds an LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and she is based in Missouri.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions operate through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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