About Baotran
Baotran Amanda Nguyen is a licensed therapist who helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, and relationship and family concerns. She uses a straightforward, respectful approach and focuses on building skills people can use day to day. Amanda holds credentials as an LMFT and an LPCC and practices in California.
With four years of clinical experience, Amanda adapts sessions to each person's needs. She draws on client-centered work to keep conversations focused on the person's goals.
How Baotran works
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and DBT skills to manage intense emotions. Amanda helps people with a wide range of concerns beyond mood symptoms, including addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting stresses, career questions, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. Additional areas she addresses include attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, chronic illness and pain, and communication problems.
Her style is practical and collaborative. Sessions are a mix of listening, gentle challenge, and skill practice. She helps people set small, achievable steps and checks progress along the way.
Amanda offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions are scheduled through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. She conducts work in English and practices across California.
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What Baotran works with
The areas below are the ones Baotran 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
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LMFT, LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Amanda uses client-centered therapy to keep sessions focused on the person's priorities. This approach means the therapist listens closely, mirrors concerns, and helps people set goals that matter to them. It works well for issues that need a steady, supportive approach like grief and low self-esteem.She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT introduces practical exercises to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. That method is useful for anxiety, depression, and many stress-related problems.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda will work with clients to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences and will adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy fit into everyday life. Video is useful for deeper conversations and skill practice, phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text work well for brief check-ins or interim support. These options offer flexibility for people juggling work, family, or health demands.
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