About Amanda
Amanda Fox welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, or big life changes. She is an Ohio-licensed social worker and brings three years of clinical experience to short-term and ongoing concerns. Amanda writes plainly and listens closely so parents and adults can say what they mean without jargon.
Amanda creates a calm space where clients can talk through feelings and reactions. She focuses on practical steps that fit daily life.
How Amanda works
Sessions often include setting manageable goals, practicing new ways to respond, and checking progress between meetings. Her background includes helping people navigate family conflict, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar disorder. Amanda also supports clients dealing with anger, low self-esteem, ADHD, and the stress that comes with caregiving or chronic illness.
She works with adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, and relationship patterns like abandonment and control problems. Other areas she addresses include communication problems, blended family challenges, and adjustment after divorce or separation. Amanda aims for straightforward tools and steady support.
She encourages small, achievable changes and teaches coping skills that can be used between sessions. If someone is ready to begin, she helps them take the next steps toward clearer thinking and better day-to-day functioning.
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
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
How Amanda Uses Evidence-Based Techniques Online
Amanda uses practical, evidence-based techniques that focus on skills people can apply right away. One approach emphasizes learning coping and problem-solving skills to reduce anxiety and manage stress; sessions teach step-by-step strategies and practice exercises for home. Another approach targets mood and relationship patterns by helping clients identify unhelpful thoughts and try alternative responses, which can ease anger and improve communication.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda partners with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She reviews progress together and adjusts methods over time so the therapy fits the client's life and priorities.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and demonstrations of skills. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio check-in is needed. Chat and text options let people send short updates, ask quick questions, or have a brief session when schedules are tight. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent and work on coping strategies between meetings.
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