About Amanda
Amanda Zepeda is a licensed mental health counselor practicing in New York. She has spent a decade working with people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. Amanda focuses on clear, practical steps and steady support to help people move forward.
Her approach is straightforward. She listens first and then tailors conversations and goals to each person’s situation. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, and helps people try new ways of coping.
How Amanda works
Sessions aim to be collaborative and goal-focused rather than overly academic. Amanda often helps people dealing with workplace strain, compassion fatigue, anger, and issues tied to identity and prejudice. She also addresses social anxiety, panic attacks, feelings of emptiness, and the drain of seasonal changes.
Practical skills for communication, building self-love, and clarifying life purpose are common topics in sessions. She works in a respectful, sensitive, and compassionate manner. Amanda encourages small, doable changes and tracks progress so people can see improvement.
The pace is set by the person seeking help, with space for processing and for trying new behaviors between meetings. To start, she asks about immediate concerns and what a better week would look like. From there she and the client build a plan with clear steps and tools to practice.
Her style is calm, direct, and focused on getting people back to functioning and feeling more themselves.
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Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Remote care with practical CBT tools
Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice how thoughts influence feelings and actions, then practice small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood. CBT is useful for panic attacks, social anxiety, stress, and low self-esteem.She works together with each person to find the best approach. That means trying techniques, checking what helps, and adjusting plans based on goals and preferences. The process is collaborative and paced to what the person can manage.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care easier to fit into a busy life. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, homework review, or ongoing coaching between longer meetings. These options aim to increase flexibility so people can keep progress steady while balancing work and home demands.
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