About Amanda
Amanda Dunlap is a licensed clinical social worker in South Carolina with ten years of professional experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, grief, and related life changes. Amanda emphasizes a respectful, strengths-based approach when people first reach out for help.
Amanda sees each person as the expert on their own life. She listens for what matters most, then works with clients to set clear, manageable goals.
Background and approach
Conversations are straightforward and centered on usable steps for daily life. Her work often addresses mood concerns such as depression and bipolar symptoms. She also supports people coping with relationship strain, intimacy questions, parenting pressure, and family conflict.
Additional areas include issues related to aging, caregiver stress, and concerns around gender and sexuality. Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to improve how people feel. Sessions aim to translate ideas into real routines people can practice between meetings.
The tone is practical and collaborative rather than academic. People who prefer a clear plan and down-to-earth guidance tend to find her style useful. Amanda helps clients break large problems into small steps.
She supports people as they try new habits and notice what changes over time.
Approaches for online anxiety and life-change work
Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify patterns of thinking that worsen stress and anxiety, then try small behavior changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. CBT is practical and task-focused, which many people find helpful for mood concerns.She emphasizes working together to find the best approach. That means discussing goals, trying techniques that fit the person’s life, and adjusting the plan if something isn’t working. The aim is a collaborative process where the client’s priorities guide each step.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a camera is not wanted. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and between-session support easier to fit into a busy day. These options help people access consistent care around work, caregiving, or mobility constraints.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Amanda commonly address?
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
What is her professional background?
What credentials and location are listed for Amanda?
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Can international clients work with Amanda?
What formats are used for sessions?
How are costs handled and how do I begin?
What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.