About Amanda
Amanda Smith is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with five years of experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, self esteem, and depression. She aims to make beginning therapy feel manageable and straightforward for worried parents reading on a phone.
Amanda creates a calm setting where people can name difficult feelings. She listens without judging and helps people notice what matters to them. Sessions move at a steady, practical pace so parents can fit therapy into busy lives.
How Amanda works
Her style draws from practical, evidence-informed approaches. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test them with real-life experiments. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy emphasizes values and small steps toward a meaningful life.
Amanda also uses existential ideas to help people make sense of big life questions, and solution-focused techniques to build quick, concrete changes. She adapts methods to the person in front of her rather than following a fixed script. Therapy with Amanda is collaborative.
She works with each person to set clear, achievable goals and reviews progress regularly. Sessions can include skill practice, grounded discussion, and brief homework to try between meetings. She offers sessions in English and provides several online formats to fit different needs.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step get the process started.
Amanda lists 4 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
- Anger management
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
How Amanda’s Approaches Work Online
Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice thoughts that worsen stress and test new, healthier ways of thinking. CBT often includes simple exercises to try between sessions and helps with anxiety and low mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is another approach she uses, focusing on values and small committed actions rather than trying to push away unwanted feelings. ACT can help when worry or avoidance gets in the way of living the life someone values.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda discusses each method and makes choices with the person in session based on goals, preferences, and what proves helpful. This collaborative process means the plan can change over time as needs shift.
Online sessions offer practical advantages for busy people. Video calls let the therapist and client meet face-to-face when schedules align. Phone sessions can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth needs. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, quick skill practice, or flexibility during a hectic day. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and to use techniques between appointments.
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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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