About Amanda
Amanda Ihle is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years of practice. She provides straightforward, compassionate care for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, or addiction. She focuses on the practical work of reducing painful symptoms and improving daily life.
Amanda uses clear, evidence-based techniques and listens for what matters most to each person. Sessions aim to make small changes that add up over time. Her background includes eight years working with youth and addiction medicine in Washington State.
How Amanda works
That work involved partnering with Clark County Juvenile Court and providing on-campus services in several school districts. Those years helped shape her approach to motivation and recovery. The most recent eight years were spent as a clinical social worker in a level one trauma emergency room in Portland, Oregon.
That setting deepened her experience with immediate crisis care and complex trauma. It also reinforced a focus on safety and pacing during therapy. Amanda blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-informed ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive behavioral techniques, and mindfulness skills.
She helps people tackle problems like relationship struggles, parenting strain, sleep disruption, anger, low self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Her style is direct, warm, and practical. To begin, someone chooses the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules according to therapist availability.
Sessions are offered in English and delivered through several online formats to fit different needs.
Amanda lists 9 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
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 16 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Oregon |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that fit your life online
Amanda commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. ACT focuses on values-guided action so someone can move toward what matters even when emotions are hard to sit with.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That work can help people understand recurring trust and connection problems and build healthier ways of relating.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda will help figure out which methods match a person's goals, needs, and preferences in a collaborative way. She adjusts the plan as progress is made or priorities change.
Online therapy makes these approaches easier to access. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is helpful. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is low or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing encouragement, or work between sessions. These options let people fit therapy around family, school, or work commitments.
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