About Amanda
Amanda Johnson is a licensed clinician based in New Jersey who focuses on anxiety, stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and self-esteem. She brings a direct and compassionate style to sessions and aims to help people move from reacting to feeling more in control. Amanda listens for patterns that keep people stuck.
She helps clients identify what drives anxiety, substance use, or repeated relationship pain. Sessions focus on practical strategies that can be used between appointments as well as clearer understanding of emotional triggers.
Background and approach
Her background includes three years of clinical practice and professional credentials as MD, LCSW-C, and LCSW. Amanda draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide conversations and craft manageable steps toward change. People often come for help with abandonment and attachment struggles, codependency, communication and commitment issues, blended family challenges, or caregiver stress.
She also supports concerns linked to family of origin, guilt and shame, and substance use problems. Amanda prefers a collaborative approach that asks clients what they want to change and then helps map small, achievable goals. She challenges patterns with care and focuses on building skills clients can use in daily life.
Reaching out is a practical first move toward steadying pressure and rebuilding connection.
Approaches that fit your life, delivered online
Amanda uses evidence-based techniques that focus on understanding patterns and building practical skills. One approach emphasizes identifying triggers and changing unhelpful responses so anxiety and reactive behaviors feel more manageable; this helps with day-to-day stress and relationship reactivity. Another approach centers on improving communication and boundaries so people can address commitment, codependency, and intimacy problems with clearer conversations and healthier choices.Choosing the right approach is part of the work and happens together. Amanda collaborates with each client to match methods to needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds. The process aims to make change gradual and achievable rather than fast or overwhelming.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for longer conversations and interactive skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a focused check-in. Chat and messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, tracking progress, or working through short exercises between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or other busy routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey, Maryland
- Languages
- English
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