About Amanda
Amanda Marcum uses a practical, person-focused style to help people through hard moments. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, with 18 years of clinical experience. Amanda writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person.
Amanda trained with a Master of Social Work focused on children and families. She has worked in many settings with adolescents and adults on concerns such as depression, anxiety, stress, grief, and addictions.
How Amanda works
She also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy struggles, parenting challenges, LGBT stressors, and bipolar disorder. Her approach centers on building a comfortable connection so people can talk openly. Amanda believes growth comes from increasing self-awareness and trying small, practical changes.
She aims to offer clear options and steady support rather than jargon or pressure. In sessions she combines client-centered listening with goal-focused methods like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused techniques. She also uses mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing to help people move past stuck places and take manageable steps forward.
Amanda offers several ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. She typically checks messages multiple times daily and keeps weekday availability mainly between 8 AM and 5 PM, with messaging used to clarify scheduling or timing. People who want a direct, down-to-earth clinician who values acceptance and practical problem solving may find Amanda approachable and effective.
Amanda lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
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
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Indiana |
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Online support options
Approach-driven care delivered online
Amanda often uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a calm, accepting space where people can tell their story and decide what matters most. This approach focuses on listening and understanding so a person feels heard and respected.She also relies on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and helps people try practical changes that reduce anxiety or depression. Mindfulness techniques are used alongside these methods to teach attention and stress management skills that can be practiced between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences. Together they try ideas, see what helps, and adjust the plan based on results and comfort level.
Online sessions are available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is helpful for face-to-face conversations, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging can help process emotions between sessions. These options make it easier to connect from varied schedules and daily routines.
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