About Amanda
Amanda McLean greets people with a warm, direct style and a focus on practical change. She is a licensed clinical social worker - LCSW and a Washington State licensed independent clinical social worker - LICSW. Amanda aims to help people who are feeling stuck by offering clear steps and steady support.
Amanda works with common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, grief, and major life changes. She also supports people navigating LGBTQ issues, intimacy and relationship concerns, parenting stress, career transitions, and attention-related challenges like ADHD.
How Amanda works
Her practice includes work on trauma, family problems, and attachment difficulties. Her way of working is interactive and straightforward. Amanda centers the person's goals and treats them as the expert in their life.
Sessions focus on small, doable changes and skills that people can use between meetings to feel better and move forward. She blends techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy with acceptance and commitment ideas, client-centered listening, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. That mix helps people shift unhelpful thinking, notice what matters most, and build habits aligned with their values.
Amanda has 13 years of clinical experience in Washington. She offers sessions using video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging. Prospective clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works for them.
Amanda uses a subscription model for sessions that can be canceled at any time.
Amanda lists 6 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
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Washington |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online care
Amanda commonly draws on cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy to help people make practical changes. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches specific skills to shift unhelpful thinking and behaviors. Acceptance and commitment therapy helps people notice what matters most to them and take small actions toward those values even when difficult emotions are present.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Amanda will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and past experiences and suggest methods that fit. She adapts techniques as needs change so the plan stays useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which gives flexibility in how people engage. Video works well for longer, face-to-face conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text-based messaging can fit brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or people who prefer typing over speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.
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A practical next step
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