About Amanda
Amanda Garcia is a licensed clinical social worker with ten years of practice experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, and parenting challenges. Amanda aims to make therapy straightforward and respectful so people feel heard and understood.
She trained at Arizona State University and holds a Master of Social Work. Amanda has worked in a range of settings and with people who have lived through trauma, abuse, loss, and severe economic stress.
Background and approach
That background shaped a practical, grounded approach to care. Amanda describes her style as down-to-earth, empathetic, and goal-oriented. She uses a strengths-based, nonjudgmental stance and adapts methods to each person's needs.
Sessions focus on realistic steps that fit daily life and responsibilities. Her work draws on client-centered ideas to create a safe space to talk. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and dialectical skills to manage intense emotions.
These tools are applied alongside emotionally-focused and existential perspectives when helpful. Amanda collaborates with people to build a personal plan that addresses current struggles and future goals. She emphasizes that there is no single solution for everyone, and she tailors the pace and techniques to what each person needs.
People in Arizona who want to begin can match and schedule through the platform.
How Amanda’s Approaches Translate to Online Sessions
Amanda uses client-centered therapy to build a respectful, collaborative relationship. That means sessions focus on what matters to the person and the pace they prefer. It helps when someone needs a space to talk through feelings and life decisions.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to identify patterns of thinking that affect mood and behavior. CBT in online sessions often includes simple exercises and practice tasks people can do between meetings to test new thinking and behavior. Dialectical behavior therapy adds skills for managing strong emotions and improving distress tolerance when life feels overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and daily life. She adjusts methods as needed so sessions remain practical and relevant.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone can be a lower-bandwidth option, and chat or messaging works well for brief check-ins or ongoing support. These choices give flexibility for scheduling, fit around work or caregiving, and let people use the format that best fits their routine.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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