About Amanda
Amanda Zepeda is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in New York with 10 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress and anxiety and supports those navigating LGBT issues and self-esteem concerns. Amanda aims to meet clients with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and she adapts conversations to each person’s needs.
Her work commonly addresses depression, anger, career strain, and compassion fatigue. She also helps with communication problems, feelings of emptiness, and struggles around life purpose.
Background and approach
Panic disorder and panic attacks, social anxiety and phobia, and seasonal affective disorder are among the specific concerns she addresses. Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as a central approach. In sessions she helps people recognize patterns of thinking that keep them stuck and practices different ways of responding.
This approach often includes setting small goals and trying new behaviors between sessions. She also supports people dealing with prejudice and discrimination and offers space to explore issues tied to identity and women’s issues. Amanda helps people who feel isolated or who want to build stronger self-love and forgiveness practices.
Her style is practical and warm, aimed at creating steady progress over time. Clients can expect straightforward conversation and a tailored plan. Amanda emphasizes collaboration, so treatment choices reflect each person’s goals and pace.
She invites those ready to try talking through their challenges to take the first step toward change.
How Amanda Uses CBT Online and What to Expect
Amanda primarily uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing practical ways to change them. CBT helps with anxiety, panic attacks, social anxiety, and patterns that feed depression by breaking problems into manageable steps.She applies CBT techniques in sessions by setting small goals, trying new behaviors between meetings, and reviewing what worked. This method is collaborative - the therapist and client choose strategies together based on the client’s goals and daily life demands.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls work well for in-depth conversation and exercises that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions may suit shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging let people do brief check-ins, share progress, or get support between longer sessions.
Using these formats, Amanda aims to make therapy fit into real life. She works with clients to select the format and pace that best match their schedules, comfort, and goals, and adjusts techniques as progress is made.
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- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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