Amanda Ly
Supportive parenting and family therapist
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Amanda
Amanda Ly is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) based in California who focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside a broad range of emotional challenges. She aims to make therapy approachable for parents and caregivers looking for practical ways to manage stress, anxiety, grief, or changes at home.
Amanda speaks plainly in sessions and creates space for people to talk through what feels hard right now. Her style is warm and interactive.
Background and approach
She blends psychodynamic ideas with cognitive behavioral techniques to help people understand how past patterns affect current feelings and to practice new ways of thinking and behaving. She also draws on creative and expressive arts when it helps clients connect with their emotions and learn about themselves.
Amanda has six years of counseling experience and has worked in the Greater Los Angeles area. She has supported people dealing with depression, relationship tension, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, anger, career stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and other life transitions. Sessions are shaped to each person’s needs.
Amanda offers a respectful and compassionate space and works collaboratively to set goals and find useful tools. She emphasizes straightforward techniques that can be practiced between sessions. If a parent or caregiver wants clear steps and a supportive therapist, Amanda helps map out practical strategies and personal insight.
She encourages small, manageable changes and stays focused on what matters most to the family.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Psychodynamic work helps people notice patterns that come from past relationships and experiences. It focuses on increasing awareness of how earlier events shape feelings and reactions today, which can help when addressing relationship and parenting patterns.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It uses step-by-step exercises and homework to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and build coping skills that fit daily life.
Amanda also incorporates creative and expressive arts when useful. These activities can help people access feelings that are hard to name and try new ways of communicating within the family.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will work with each person or parent to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. That collaborative process helps tailor methods to a family’s needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for busy schedules. These options make it easier to fit therapy into school runs, work days, or caregiving routines, and allow people to continue work across locations within California. Licensed professionals can use these formats to guide practice exercises, assign short activities between meetings, and keep momentum while accommodating daily life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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