About Amanda
Amanda Stokes is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people manage anxiety and stress. Amanda creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk about difficult feelings. She values straightforward conversation and practical steps that fit into everyday life.
She emphasizes listening first and then building a plan together. That plan often uses skills from cognitive behavioral therapy to notice unhelpful thought patterns and from dialectical behavior therapy to learn emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
Background and approach
Amanda also draws on client-centered principles to keep sessions focused on each person's priorities. Her background includes five years of professional experience in clinical settings in Mississippi. During that time Amanda has supported people facing depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues related to gender and sexuality.
She also helps with relationship stress, family of origin concerns, codependency, and challenges common for young adults. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. Amanda works with clients on practical strategies such as behavioral experiments, grounding techniques, and skills for managing anger or cravings like smoking or vaping cessation.
She aims to help clients build habits that reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. People who prefer clear, compassionate guidance tend to do well with her approach. Amanda supports exploration of identity and values while teaching tools people can use between sessions.
Her style is steady, direct, and focused on meaningful change.
How Amanda blends therapy approaches online
Amanda commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy in her online work. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people clarify their values and make choices that match those values even when difficult emotions are present.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda talks with each person about their goals and preferences, then suggests strategies from different approaches that might fit. She checks in often and adjusts the plan based on what is and isn't helping.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when lower bandwidth or mobility is a concern. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework prompts, or quick coping reminders between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy days and maintain progress over time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English
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