Amanda Kayes-Carson "Kayes", LPC - Therapist in Colorado

About Amanda

Amanda Kayes-Carson "Kayes" is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado who focuses on family and parenting concerns along with stress, anxiety, trauma, and mood challenges. She offers calm, practical support and talks through problems in straightforward terms. Kayes draws on a wide range of experience to help people find steadier ground when life feels overwhelming.

Kayes uses clear, goal-focused conversations to identify what matters most to each person.

Background and approach

She listens without judgment and works with clients to shape a plan that fits their life. Her approach emphasizes strengths and real steps that can be tried between sessions. Her background includes more than two decades of clinical work across mood disorders, trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, and relationship and family patterns.

She combines attachment ideas with client-centered methods to address how relationships affect feelings and behavior. Cognitive behavioral tools are used to shift thinking and coping, and dialectical strategies help with emotional regulation when needed. Sessions may touch on parenting strategies, blended family dynamics, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, and communication problems.

She also supports people managing ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, codependency, and recovery from substance concerns. Kayes adapts methods to each person’s situation rather than following a single script. Her practice is practical and collaborative.

She helps people set small, achievable goals and checks progress together. The work is paced to fit family life and the daily demands that parents and caregivers face.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Amanda uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape feelings and behavior. That approach is useful for family patterns, parent-child concerns, and improving connection with others. It helps pinpoint how past and present relationships affect reactions and closeness.

She also draws on client-centered therapy which focuses on listening, empathy, and making space for a person to find their own answers. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, is used to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try different behaviors to improve mood and coping. These methods suit concerns such as anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and relationship communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit the situation. Adjustments are made along the way so the plan stays practical and relevant.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which gives flexibility for busy family schedules. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around childcare, work, and other commitments while keeping continuity of care. Licensed professionals can use these options to maintain momentum when in-person visits are difficult.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What problems does Kayes address in therapy?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting and family concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, grief, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and related areas listed in her profile.

How would she describe her therapy style?

Her style is practical and down-to-earth, focused on listening, building on strengths, and creating steps clients can try between sessions.

What kind of experience does she bring?

She has 24 years of professional experience working with mood, trauma, family, addiction, and caregiver issues.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - licensed in Colorado, holding license CO LPC LPC.0003782.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.

How are costs and payment handled?

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

What steps should someone take to begin working with her?

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

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Experience: 24 years
Licensed: Colorado
Languages: English

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