About Amanda
Amanda Reid is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in South Carolina who focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. She uses straightforward, practical strategies so conversations feel focused and useful. Amanda aims to help people strengthen coping skills and find clearer ways to move forward.
Her approach centers on listening carefully and tailoring work to each person's needs. She often uses client-centered conversations paired with cognitive behavioral tools to identify unhelpful thoughts and shift behaviors.
Background and approach
Dialectical behavior ideas are used when emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills are needed. Amanda has eight years of experience working in outpatient settings and with people who have struggled with addiction, trauma, depression, ADHD, and anger.
She drew on prior roles in substance abuse counseling and group home and hospital mental health work to build practical, hands-on techniques that people can use between sessions. In sessions she focuses on concrete skills - grounding, self-care plans, and small behavior changes that add up. She also helps people reframe difficult experiences and strengthen self-worth over time.
Her style is compassionate and steady, with an emphasis on hope and belonging. People who choose Amanda typically want a therapist who listens without judgment and offers clear steps to cope with life’s challenges. She works to create a welcoming space where progress is paced to the individual and guided by their goals.
Using practical approaches in online care
Amanda commonly draws on client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening and building a trusting therapeutic relationship so people feel heard and respected. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions because it centers the client’s goals and pace.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts influence feelings and actions. CBT emphasizes practical exercises and homework that help people test new behaviors and reduce anxious or depressive patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy ideas are used when stronger emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills are needed; these skills help during intense moments and when mood swings or strong reactions occur.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they choose techniques and adjust the plan as progress is made and needs change.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more manageable. Video lets people read body language and do deeper conversations. Phone can be easier when bandwidth or being on camera is an issue. Chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, journaling support, and ongoing reminders. These options give flexibility to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
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