Amber Trinkle, LMHC

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Practical, story-focused counseling for life challenges

Details

Name	Amber Trinkle
Credentials	LMHC
Based in	New York
Licensed in	New York
Session format	Online
Languages	English
Years in practice	10

About Amber

Amber Trinkle is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. She presents a calm, direct approach that aims to make conversations practical and useful. Amber explains steps clearly and focuses on goals people can use between sessions.

She combines Narrative ideas with client-centered work. That means she listens for the stories people tell about themselves and looks for ways to reshape those stories so they feel less limiting.

Background and approach

She also draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful patterns of thinking and behavior. Amber uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for strong emotions and impulsivity. She teaches concrete skills for tolerating distress and improving emotion regulation.

Motivational interviewing is part of her toolkit when people are weighing changes or feeling ambivalent. Her background spans community and clinical settings over the past 10 years. She has experience with adoption and foster care concerns, attachment issues, addiction, post-traumatic stress, and parenting stress.

She also supports people facing life transitions, grief, and questions about identity. Amber holds a Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential from New York. Sessions are offered in English and she provides multiple online formats to fit different needs.

Her style is practical, respectful, and collaborative.

What this therapist works with

Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Anger management among the things Amber works with, alongside the areas below.

Approaches listed

Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Amber among the ways she works.
Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Amber among the ways she works.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Amber among the ways she works.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Amber among the ways she works.
Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Amber among the ways she works.
Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Amber among the ways she works.
Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Amber among the ways she works.
Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Amber among the ways she works.
Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Amber directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.

Narrative Therapy in this listing

Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.

If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Amber directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.

Online session options

Approach and online options for story-centered care

Amber draws on Narrative Therapy to help people notice and reframe the stories they tell about themselves, making space for new possibilities and clearer goals. Narrative work can be useful for identity concerns, life transitions, and coming to terms with past events.

She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns, and Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions focused on the person’s needs and pace. Attachment work can help with trust and relationship patterns, while client-centered work emphasizes listening and building a supportive therapeutic relationship.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Amber explores goals, preferences, and day-to-day challenges with each person and adjusts methods based on what helps most. Clients and therapist decide collaboratively which skills and story work to prioritize.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat lets people check in quickly, and messaging supports ongoing brief contact between sessions. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.

Common questions about this listing

What concerns does Amber work with?

She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, anger, ADHD, addictions, relationship and family difficulties, grief, sleep problems, parenting strain, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her approach is collaborative and practical. She listens for personal stories, teaches coping skills, and sets clear goals clients can use between sessions.

What is her professional background?

She has worked in a variety of community and clinical settings for 10 years, including work related to adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, addiction, and trauma.

Where is she licensed and based?

Amber holds a New York Licensed Mental Health Counselor credential and practices from New York.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the U.S. work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted; she works with people within the regions allowed by her New York licensure.

What session formats does she use?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How do I begin therapy with her and what does it cost?

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