About Amanda
Dr. Amanda Ferrari is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Connecticut. She focuses on anxiety, ADHD, self-esteem, relationship concerns, and depression.
She aims to help people take the first step toward a more manageable and satisfying life. She starts by listening to each person’s story and identifying strengths that can be built on. Sessions are collaborative and practical.
She helps people break problems into smaller steps and try concrete strategies between meetings.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on client-centered care and mindfulness skills to ground conversations in what matters most to the client. She also uses techniques from dialectical behavior therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused methods help people clarify goals and stay motivated for change.
Dr. Ferrari has nine years of clinical experience working with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, and related concerns such as guilt, impulsivity, and communication problems. She also addresses issues like seasonal affective disorder, compassion fatigue, and intimacy-related struggles.
Sessions can be adapted to fit different needs and rhythms. She supports people who want straightforward tools for managing intense emotions, improving relationships, or sorting out life transitions. Her style is direct, respectful, and oriented toward practical progress.
Approaches that translate well to online work
Dr. Ferrari uses client-centered therapy to keep sessions focused on each person’s priorities and strengths. This approach centers on listening, reflecting, and helping people name what they want to change, which can be done effectively over video or phone. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills are another core part of her practice and teach tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness that clients can practice between sessions and review in later meetings.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. She will talk with the client about goals, try techniques, and adjust methods as progress or new needs appear. That collaborative process helps match tools to real-life problems rather than relying on a single method from the start.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different routines. Video lets people use visual cues and practiced skills together. Phone can be a good option when bandwidth or camera use is limited. Live chat and text messaging work well for brief check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or when someone wants written reminders of coping steps. These options help fit therapy into a busy day and make consistent support more accessible.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Connecticut
- Languages
- English
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