About Amanda
Dr. Amanda Baker brings a practical, down-to-earth approach to therapy. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and sexual concerns, addiction, and the emotional impacts of trauma.
People meet her for help with depression, career questions, parenting strain, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She uses a client-centered style that starts with the person's goals. Sessions aim to uncover strengths and build clear steps toward change.
The therapist adapts tools from several proven approaches to match each person's needs rather than following a single method.
How Amanda works
With 10 years of clinical experience, Dr. Baker holds an LMFT credential and practices in New York. She has worked with concerns such as attachment issues, relationship conflict, blended family challenges, infidelity, compulsion and impulsivity, and body image struggles.
She also addresses topics tied to kink, alternative sex culture, and HIV/AIDS with sensitivity. Her work draws on methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. These approaches help people manage difficult emotions, strengthen communication, and make choices aligned with their values.
Online formats include video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging for ongoing support. Sessions are offered in English and are not available to international clients. New clients begin by selecting Start Therapy and completing a short matching questionnaire.
Amanda lists 15 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
What Amanda works with
The areas below are the ones Amanda selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where someone wants clearer direction. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past connections shape current relationships and helps people change patterns that harm closeness and trust.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk about goals, try methods that fit the person's style, and adjust over time. Clients and the therapist work together to pick strategies that feel useful and realistic for day-to-day life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible support. Video lets people use visual cues for relationship work, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, chat and text are helpful for quick check-ins or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and travel schedules.
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