About Amanda
Amanda Stoner is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She brings eight years of experience helping individuals navigate stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, and relationship concerns. Amanda focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
Her sessions are collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens first, then works with clients to set clear goals and small, workable steps. Amanda uses approaches that fit each person's needs rather than a single rigid method.
How Amanda works
She often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. Solution-focused techniques help clients identify strengths and next steps to try between sessions. Amanda also uses client-centered and psychodynamic ideas to understand emotions and relationship patterns that affect daily life.
Common concerns she addresses include depression, anger, low self-esteem, panic attacks, social anxiety, and adjustment to major life changes. Amanda also helps people struggling with ADHD symptoms, impulsivity, narcissistic traits in relationships, divorce and separation stress, and parenting strain. Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules.
Amanda encourages a practical approach with warmth and patience, guiding people through problem-solving and longer-term insight when needed.
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Amanda commonly integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused therapy when working online. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify thought and behavior patterns that keep problems in place and teaches concrete skills to change them, which works well in video or phone sessions. Solution-focused therapy emphasizes small, practical steps and strengths to move forward quickly, a good fit for text-based check-ins or short live chat sessions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss a client's goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs and then adapt methods over time. This means trying an approach for a few sessions and adjusting based on what helps most.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and different communication styles. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging can support ongoing coaching, quick updates, or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit regular support into life while still using effective therapeutic methods.
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