Dr Amy Barton-Cayton
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
“I am an experienced and compassionate professional providing psychotherapy to individuals, couples, and families. I offer distance therapy.”
About Me
I foster a compassionate space where you can explore feelings, navigate personal challenges, or strengthen family bonds. Drawing on my experience, I guide individuals seeking clarity, and couples or families aiming to build healthier connections. My approach helps you gain understanding and move towards positive change. For your convenience, I offer distance therapy, ensuring support is accessible wherever you are.
Approach
When we begin, conversations move from questions to practical steps as we map patterns and priorities together. Whether meeting from my Santa Cruz office or online in English, sessions are steady, paced to your needs, and grounded in real-life concerns. We track interactions, safety, and triggers, set small experiments between meetings, and use focused reflection to shift unhelpful habits around intimacy, substance use, or past harm. People managing relationship strain, recovery, or family stress often find this collaborative rhythm helpful.
Contact Amy
Ask a quick question or arrange a time to meet.
Basic Information
Services
Services Offered:
- •Coaching
- •Counseling
- •Relationship Counseling
- •Individual Therapy
- •Addiction Counselling
- •Family Therapy
- •Individual Psychotherapy
Works With:
- •Adults
- •Couples
- •Families
- •Elderly
- •Groups
- •Parents
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
- •Abuse
- •Addiction
- •Relationship Issues
- •Alcohol Use / Addiction
- •Chronic Illness
- •Codependency
- •Depression
- •Family Issues
- •Shame
- •Spiritual Exploration
Professional Title:
- •Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Qualifications
University of California
Board Certified Professional Counselor
APA
Year: 2009
Registrations
BBSE
Marriage Family Therapist