About Amanda
Amanda Rowland is an experienced counsellor with 28 years of practice in Australia. She works with people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety, and supports those coping with grief, life transitions and eating concerns. Amanda also helps people who are dealing with compassion fatigue and the heavy toll of caregiving.
She uses straightforward conversation to uncover what matters most to each person. Amanda adapts her approach to individual needs rather than applying the same plan to everyone.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps that can be used between meetings as well as time to talk things through in the moment. Her background spans many areas related to long-term stress and life change, including attachment issues, ageing and geriatric concerns, chronic illness and pain, and the emotional effects of cancer.
She has experience with body image, codependency, commitment anxiety and communication difficulties, and supports people navigating blended household dynamics. Amanda is an AASW social worker, which means she meets professional standards in Australia through the Australian Association of Social Workers. She draws on nearly three decades of hands-on work to help people build coping skills and steady routines.
People who come to Amanda find practical guidance and steady support. She aims to create a calm space for honest conversation, tailored strategies and realistic goals. Her focus is on helping people regain balance and move forward at a pace that suits them.
Practical approaches for online support
Amanda draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills people can use in day-to-day life. One approach emphasises learning coping and relaxation strategies to manage anxiety and stress, teaching simple tools that reduce overwhelm and improve sleep and focus. Another approach concentrates on processing loss and grief through paced conversation and practical steps to honour emotions while rebuilding routine and meaning.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what feels manageable, then choose techniques that match those needs. She adapts methods over time as progress is made or challenges change, so the plan grows with the person rather than being fixed from the start.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different situations. Video lets people use visual cues during deeper work, phone calls can be lighter and fit into a busy day, and messaging supports short check-ins or ongoing reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule regular sessions and to use therapy within daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Eating disorders
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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