Amanda Burns, LPC - Therapist in Tennessee

About Amanda

Amanda Burns is a Licensed Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience. She earned graduate degrees from Tennessee Technological University and completed supervised clinical work at the Vanderbilt Community Mental Health Center. Amanda has worked in school, community health, residential, and outpatient settings across Tennessee.

She focuses on family and parenting concerns along with a wide range of mood and stress-related issues. Parents will find straightforward guidance on behavior, sleep, and managing day-to-day stress.

Background and approach

She also helps with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, addiction concerns, and attention challenges. Amanda uses practical strategies from cognitive behavioral approaches to help people change unhelpful thoughts and routines. She draws on client-centered methods to keep sessions grounded in each person’s priorities.

Dialectical behavior skills and mindfulness tools are offered when emotion regulation or intense distress get in the way of daily life. Her early work included individual, group, and family therapy in an educational setting, and collaborating with teachers to create behavior intervention plans for students. Later roles involved outpatient care for adolescents and adults and residential treatment programs.

For the past eight years she has run a independent practice in a suite with other psychiatric and therapeutic professionals. Sessions are practical and focused. Amanda aims to make therapy understandable and usable for busy parents.

She works with each family to build clear steps and realistic goals they can try between sessions.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Amanda commonly blends cognitive behavioral therapy and client-centered therapy when working with parents and families. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and build new routines that ease symptoms of anxiety, depression, or sleep problems. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and shaping sessions around what matters most to the client, letting parents set priorities for behavior change or family routines.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda will talk with each person or family about goals and preferences and then try techniques that match those needs. That collaborative process helps pick whether more structured CBT tools or a gentler, client-led pace fits best.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy family schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when seeing body language matters. Phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging give options for brief check-ins, follow-up coaching, or times when a live video hour is not possible. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into school, work, and caregiving routines while still using practical skills and strategies discussed in sessions.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Amanda address?

She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, coping with life changes, addictions, LGBT issues, relationships, family challenges, sleeping and parenting concerns, anger, self esteem, bipolar disorder, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Therapy is practical and collaborative, using client-centered listening alongside structured tools from CBT and DBT when needed.

What is her clinical background?

She has 15 years of experience, including work in school programs, community health centers, residential treatment, and outpatient practice.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC with license TN LPC 2095 and practices in Tennessee.

Which languages are supported and are international clients served?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are offered?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote work.

How does pricing work for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin therapy with her?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience: 15 years
Licensed: Tennessee
Languages: English

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