About Amanda
Amanda Garrick is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in California with 17 years of professional experience. She focuses on anxiety and related concerns and aims to create a calm, practical environment for people seeking help. Amanda uses clear, straightforward language in sessions so clients can understand next steps.
Her background includes work in community mental health settings where she supported people with depression, trauma, substance use, and other complex difficulties.
Background and approach
She earned a Master of Social Work (MSW) from California State University Long Beach and builds on that training in her clinical work. In sessions Amanda often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thought patterns and test new behaviors. She also draws on Mindfulness Therapy to teach breathing and attention skills that reduce stress and improve sleep.
These tools are used in ways that fit a person’s daily life. Amanda helps people develop practical coping strategies for issues like grief, relationship strain, addictions, parenting stress, and compassion fatigue. She pays attention to how past attachment and abandonment concerns can affect current relationships and choices.
Her approach is collaborative and down-to-earth. She prioritizes small, achievable steps and regular check-ins so progress feels steady. Amanda supports people who want to manage anxiety, cope with life changes, and build stronger day-to-day routines.
Online approaches that help manage anxiety and stress
Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. CBT focuses on changing the patterns that keep anxiety or low mood going and is useful for worry, sleep problems, and avoidance behaviors.She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach attention and breathing practices that reduce reactivity. Mindfulness helps with stress, improves focus, and can support better sleep and emotional regulation.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Amanda works with each person to identify goals and preferences, then adjusts techniques over time. The plan can include CBT exercises, short mindfulness practices, or a mix depending on what fits the person's life.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow a full session with face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can work when a quieter connection is needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or days when a quick touchpoint helps keep progress moving. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to maintain regular contact between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 17 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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