About Amanda
Amanda Kayes-Carson "Kayes" is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado with 24 years of experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and life changes. Parents who need support, and people facing relationship or intimacy issues, often seek her guidance.
She also works with concerns like ADHD, bipolar symptoms, and compassion fatigue. Kayes uses a direct and warm approach in sessions. She listens first and then builds strategies with each person.
How Amanda works
Conversations focus on practical steps that fit daily life. The goal is clearer choices and fewer repeated struggles. Her background includes years of work with trauma, abuse, and attachment issues.
She draws on methods that emphasize personal strengths and present-day problem solving. This helps when someone needs to process painful events and rebuild trust in themselves. Therapy may include exploring thoughts and behaviors, learning new coping skills, and improving how people relate to others.
Amanda adapts the pace to each person's needs and preferences. She emphasizes collaboration, respect, and a nonjudgmental stance. Sessions cover a wide range of topics from parenting strain and blended family challenges to addiction and aging concerns.
People looking for concrete tools and steady support can expect clear guidance and practical homework between sessions. Kayes aims to help people move toward choices that feel more manageable and hopeful.
Amanda lists 10 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
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 24 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds affect current relationships and emotional responses; it helps people understand patterns in their close connections and build safer ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's own goals and experience, offering an accepting space where the therapist follows the client's lead to clarify values and choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and introduces practical techniques to shift unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. Sessions can blend approaches as those choices become clearer, and the plan is adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people see and hear each other for deeper interaction. Phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow shorter touchpoints and ongoing check-ins between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, family, and busy schedules while keeping treatment consistent and accessible.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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