About Amanda
Amanda Smith is a licensed clinical social worker with six years of practical experience helping people navigate stress and anxiety. She focuses on depression, relationship concerns, LGBT issues, and coping with life changes. Amanda emphasizes strengths and keeps sessions straightforward and respectful.
She treats each person as the expert on their own story. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. Amanda listens first, then offers tools that fit real life situations rather than abstract theories.
Background and approach
Her style is direct and compassionate. She uses clear language and helps clients try small changes between sessions. Progress is tracked in concrete ways like improved routines, reduced worry, or clearer communication in relationships.
Amanda holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential - LCSW - and is licensed in New Jersey, New York, and Texas. She practices from New York and conducts sessions in English. To begin, people complete a short questionnaire and schedule based on availability.
Therapy uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Approaches and online therapy that fit your life
Amanda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One approach helps people learn skills to manage worry and reduce stress through step-by-step exercises and tracking small improvements. This kind of work is useful for day-to-day anxiety and building routines that feel manageable.Another approach emphasizes improving relationships and communication. Sessions focus on clear skills for speaking up, setting boundaries, and resolving recurring conflicts. This approach helps when relationship patterns increase stress or make coping harder.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda will collaborate with each person to choose what feels most helpful based on their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts strategies if something is not working.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into a busy life. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be a good option on the go. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, written reflection, or when a shorter touchpoint is needed between longer sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- New York, New Jersey, Texas
- Languages
- English
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