About Amanda
Amanda Hawkins is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in Florida with nine years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and mood disorders. Amanda also offers support for LGBT concerns, grief, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, and parenting challenges.
She centers sessions on each person's story and strengths. Amanda believes clients are the experts on their own lives, and she helps them notice what already works. Conversations are practical and goal-oriented, with room to process feelings and build new skills.
How Amanda works
Amanda uses tools from client-centered work and mindfulness to help people calm intense emotions and stay present. She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills for managing strong reactions, and solution-focused strategies to set clear, reachable steps forward. Narrative techniques can help people reframe painful experiences.
Sessions move at a pace chosen by the client. Amanda aims to balance empathy with structure so people leave with concrete next steps. She speaks plainly and keeps interventions straightforward so that busy parents can use them between appointments.
Her practice includes a range of life issues such as bipolar disorder, coping with life changes, career stress, body image, and reproductive concerns like pregnancy and postpartum depression. Amanda also works with attachment, aging and geriatric issues, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and the effects of prejudice and discrimination. Therapy is offered in English from Florida.
People who want to begin can choose a time that fits their schedule and start with a short intake to match goals and preferences.
Amanda lists 5 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.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Amanda uses client-centered work to keep the session focused on each person's concerns and goals. This approach involves active listening and helping people identify their own strengths and priorities, which can be useful for building confidence and navigating life changes.She also uses dialectical behavior therapy - DBT - skills and mindfulness techniques. DBT skills teach practical ways to manage strong emotions and improve relationships. Mindfulness practices help people notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept up in them, which can reduce anxiety and improve mood.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Amanda will work together with the client to decide which tools fit best based on their needs, goals, and preferences. Treatment plans can be adjusted over time as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are helpful when face-to-face interaction matters, while phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited. Chat and messaging allow quick check-ins or shorter conversations during a busy day. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, parenting, caregiving, or treatment schedules.
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