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- Stress and anxiety
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- Trauma recovery
About Amanda
Amanda Garcia is an LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) with ten years of experience. She practices in Arizona and focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, parenting, family concerns, grief, and related issues.
Amanda works with adults who are facing hard moments at home or in their personal lives. She talks through practical steps for managing anxiety, coping with grief, and handling career or parenting strain. She also supports people dealing with trauma, abandonment, adoption and foster care concerns, and ADHD-related challenges.
Her approach is straightforward and strengths based. She uses techniques from client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) as relevant. Sessions tend to focus on clear goals, skill building, and real-world strategies that fit daily life.
Amanda trained at Arizona State University and earned her master’s degree in 2012 through the Advanced Standing Program. She first gained her LMSW in 2015 and now holds the LCSW credential that permits independent clinical practice. Her background includes work with people affected by domestic violence, physical and emotional abuse, extreme poverty, and mood disorders.
She invites people in Arizona who are weighing therapy to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session. The first visits typically involve discussing current struggles, setting priorities, and agreeing on practical steps to try between meetings.
How sessions work
How Amanda uses therapeutic approaches online
Amanda often draws on client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, reflecting, and making space for a person to describe what matters. It can help people clarify values and priorities when family roles or caregiving demands feel overwhelming. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns.She also integrates elements of dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills are useful. DBT techniques offer concrete tools for handling strong emotions, improving communication, and reducing impulsive reactions that get in the way of daily responsibilities.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Amanda will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try strategies in session, and adjust methods based on what feels most helpful. That collaborative process helps choose which techniques to emphasize over time.
Session logistics should be confirmed before booking since the biography does not list specific supported formats. Ask about the available session formats when you schedule. Online therapy can make it easier to fit visits into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so you can practice new skills between meetings.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Arizona
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Amanda help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, parenting and family-related concerns, grief, anger, ADHD, and related issues such as abandonment and attachment problems.
What is Amanda's therapeutic style?
Her style is client-centered and strengths based. She uses practical techniques from CBT, DBT, and EFT and focuses on clear goals and skills you can use day to day.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of experience working in a variety of settings with people facing trauma, mood disorders, and life stressors.
Where is Amanda licensed and based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Arizona and practices there.
Can I work with her in a language other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions are billed through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin sessions with Amanda?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.