About Amanda
Amanda Gibson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 12 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through fears, mistakes, and hard experiences. Her style is steady and practical, focused on what will help a person feel more hopeful and in control.
She draws on several approaches to make therapy useful and easy to follow.
How Amanda works
Sessions emphasize understanding what matters most to the individual and setting clear, manageable goals. Amanda uses practical tools for managing symptoms, improving decisions, and handling strong emotions so daily life feels less overwhelming. Amanda also brings personal experience as a breast cancer survivor, which shapes her empathy for people facing medical or caregiver stress.
She supports people dealing with trauma, grief, addiction, mood disorders, and problems tied to illness or disability. Her work also addresses parenting stress, relationship troubles, and challenges like isolation or impulsivity. In sessions she listens first, then offers simple strategies drawn from client-centered, cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavior, emotionally-focused, and mindfulness-based ideas.
She helps clients build skills for coping, self-compassion, and clearer thinking. Goals and pace are set together so progress fits each person's life. Amanda practices in Indiana and conducts therapy in English.
People choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match their schedules and needs.
Amanda lists 7 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
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Indiana |
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Online support options
How Amanda’s approaches translate to online care
Amanda uses client-centered work to follow what matters most to the individual, focusing sessions on the client's priorities and strengths. This approach helps people feel heard and involved in planning their therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps clients identify unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioral changes to improve mood and decision-making; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, adds practical skills for managing intense emotions and impulsivity, with step-by-step tools for distress tolerance and emotion regulation.Choosing the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past, then try methods that fit the person's day-to-day life. Changes are paced to match what the client wants to work on, and adjustments are made as progress unfolds.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video is helpful for deeper conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging work well for quick skill practice, check-ins between sessions, or when writing feels more comfortable than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep consistent work toward goals.
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