About Amanda
Amanda Raether is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and work through relationship and intimacy concerns. She also supports those facing addiction, trauma and abuse, grief, sleep problems, mood issues such as bipolar, and life transitions. Amanda speaks plainly and listens closely to understand what someone is feeling and why it matters to them.
Her style is warm, empathic, and patient. She blends practical skills with time for reflection so people can try new ways of coping while making sense of their experiences.
How Amanda works
Amanda uses methods that include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing to fit each person’s needs. She earned the LCSW credential, which means she is a licensed clinical social worker in Kentucky.
Amanda has seven years of clinical experience helping adults with a wide range of concerns, including caregiving stress, aging and geriatric issues, infertility stress, and financial or career worries. Clients can expect sessions that focus on clear goals and everyday tools. Amanda can offer short-term plans when someone needs quick relief and longer-term support when deeper change is the aim.
She emphasizes collaboration and helps people choose strategies that match their life and values. Her approach is practical and straightforward. Amanda invites people to take small steps, notice what works, and adjust plans as needed.
She offers a supportive space for people ready to make changes and find better ways to cope.
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
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kentucky |
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Online support options
How Amanda Uses Practical Therapies Online
Amanda commonly draws on client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide online work. Client-centered therapy means the conversation follows the person’s concerns and values, with the therapist offering empathy and support while the person leads the goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills when emotion regulation or intense mood swings are present. DBT strategies teach concrete skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness in everyday life. Selection of these approaches is collaborative - the therapist and client decide together which methods fit best for the person’s goals and situation. Online therapy with Amanda is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for more in-depth sessions and skills practice. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a person prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging can support brief check-ins, between-session coaching, or flexible scheduling during busy days. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while using the approaches that feel most helpful.Start online instead of waiting
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