About Amanda
Amanda Dounis is an ACA counsellor with seven years of professional experience. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, mood concerns and difficulties with confidence. She also helps with relationship and parenting concerns.
Amanda aims to meet people where they are and take a practical, respectful approach. Amanda listens first and makes a simple plan together. She tailors conversations and steps to each person’s needs instead of using a one-size-fits-all method.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and small, manageable changes that fit daily life. Her work covers common struggles such as social anxiety and phobia, isolation and loneliness, and problems with communication or control. She also supports people through divorce and separation, and works through feelings of guilt, shame and forgiveness.
Amanda offers practical strategies to help people feel steadier in stressful moments. People can expect a calm and sensitive tone in sessions. Amanda uses a collaborative style that mixes conversation, coping skills and simple behavioural steps.
She encourages self-compassion and helps people build confidence at a pace that feels safe. Taking the first step can feel hard, and Amanda acknowledges that. She guides clients through the process of starting therapy and helps them track small wins.
Her aim is to make therapy understandable and usable for everyday life.
How Amanda’s approaches work online
Amanda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional regulation. One approach emphasises learning coping skills and small behavioural steps to manage anxiety and stress; this helps people handle difficult moments and build confidence in real situations. Another approach focuses on improving communication and problem-solving to ease relationship strain and reduce conflict, using role-play and guided practice to try out new ways of interacting.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, then adapt methods to fit those needs. The process is collaborative - she helps test what works and adjusts the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls allow a fuller conversational experience, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and everyday life while still using structured therapeutic techniques.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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