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- Person-centered approach
- Short-term focus
- Skills and coping
About Amanda
Amanda Gale is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in South Dakota with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on everyday stresses and planning, as well as concerns such as anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, parenting, and addiction.
Amanda uses a person-centered, strengths-based approach. She treats therapy as collaborative work where the client guides progress and she offers coaching, mentorship, and concrete coping skills. She often works in short-term blocks of about 8 to 12 sessions while also offering supportive follow-up when needed.
Her background includes individual, group, and family work across a variety of settings. That experience informs practical help with communication problems, caregiver stress, codependency, and feeling isolated or stuck. She also supports people dealing with life transitions, career concerns, and issues tied to chronic illness.
Amanda draws on several therapeutic methods to help people build confidence and problem-solving skills. She helps clients identify strengths and put supports in place so they can manage daily pressures more effectively. Sessions focus on clear skills practice, decision-making, and plans that people can use between meetings.
People come for help with parenting strain, family conflict, or personal struggles like compulsive behaviors, low self-esteem, and impulsivity. Amanda aims to make progress in a few focused sessions while remaining available for ongoing support when the situation calls for it.
How sessions work
How Amanda's approaches translate to online work
Amanda uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people clarify values and take small, value-driven steps even when feelings are difficult. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety, and situations where someone wants clear, action-oriented goals.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at patterns in close relationships and how those patterns affect current stress or parenting concerns. That work focuses on recognizing relational patterns and practicing new ways of connecting and communicating.
Finding the best approach is collaborative. Amanda treats the choice of methods as part of the work. She will talk about what seems most useful for the client's situation and adjust methods as goals and needs change.
Confirm the session formats available before booking, as specific formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, shorten travel time, and allow for more consistent check-ins. They also let people practice skills in everyday settings and follow up more flexibly between appointments.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Wyoming, South Dakota
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting concerns, grief, addictions, and related issues such as caregiver stress and communication problems.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-centered and strengths-based, offering mentorship and practical coping skills while clients guide their own progress.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of clinical experience providing therapy as part of a combined 21 years in social work services.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LCSW and a CSW-PIP, licensed in Wyoming (WY LCSW) and South Dakota (SD CSW-PIP), and practices from South Dakota.
Does she see clients in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She accepts international clients; confirm time zone and scheduling details when arranging sessions.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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.