About Amanda
Amanda Burns is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 15 years of clinical experience in Tennessee. She completed graduate study at Tennessee Technological University and built early clinical skills while working with community mental health and school-based programs in the Nashville area. Amanda now draws on a broad background to help people facing anxiety, stress, grief, depression, and trauma.
She spent significant time providing individual and group therapy in schools and community clinics.
Background and approach
That work included behavior intervention planning and coordinating with educators and families to support students with emotional needs. Later roles included outpatient and residential treatment for adolescents and adults. For the last eight years Amanda has operated her own independent practice alongside psychiatric colleagues.
She offers therapy shaped by practical problem solving and steady support. Sessions tend to focus on what is happening now and on clear skills people can use between visits. Amanda uses several approaches to match different needs.
She draws from client-centered methods to build a collaborative relationship. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps with unhelpful thoughts and patterns, and mindfulness tools support stress and sleep concerns. Many clients come for help with relationship stress, parenting strain, caregiver burnout, attention challenges, or obsessions and compulsions.
She also works with first responder issues, mood disorders, and people recovering from trauma. Amanda aims to create straightforward plans so people can start feeling more in control day to day.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Amanda commonly uses client-centered work and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when meeting with people online. Client-centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and building a respectful, collaborative relationship so clients can set the goals that matter to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and teaches step-by-step ways to try different behaviors that reduce anxiety and mood symptoms.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when those tools fit a person’s needs. DBT teaches practical ways to manage intense feelings, improve communication, and reduce impulsive reactions that can worsen stress and relationship problems.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Amanda will discuss options, try different techniques, and adjust plans based on a client's goals and preferences. That collaboration helps clarify which methods are most useful for issues like panic attacks, obsessive behaviors, grief, or caregiver stress.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different lives and schedules. Video lets people work face-to-face when that helps. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or during a short break. Live chat and messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing communication between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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