Amanda Miller-Hodges, LMHC, LPC - Therapist in Florida

About Amanda

Amanda Miller-Hodges meets parents where they are when stress, relationship strain, or parenting challenges feel overwhelming. She speaks plainly about everyday struggles like anxiety, depression, grief, anger, or feeling stuck after big life changes. Amanda uses straight talk and practical skills so families can find clearer ways to cope and communicate.

She is an LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor and an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience.

Background and approach

Amanda draws from several established methods to build a plan that fits each family. She often teaches mindfulness and emotion regulation skills so people can handle intense feelings in the moment. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.

Her training includes Dialectical Behavior Therapy, which emphasizes distress tolerance and improving relationships. Motivational Interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change or struggling with addiction. Amanda adapts tools from different approaches based on what is working for the client.

Sessions focus on clear, usable strategies parents can try between meetings. She helps people practice communication, set boundaries, and respond to behaviors without escalation. The work aims to reduce daily stress and improve how family members connect.

Amanda practices in Florida and conducts sessions in English. She has experience with a wide range of issues including trauma and family problems, adoption and foster care concerns, ADHD, and first responder or veteran-related stress. Her style is collaborative and solution-minded, aimed at gradual, steady progress.

How Amanda blends therapeutic approaches for online family support

Amanda commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and focus on actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and finding direction during life changes. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills so people can respond to strong emotions without harmful reactions. It is often helpful for intense emotions, relationship conflict, and self-destructive behaviors.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda will listen to your goals and needs and recommend techniques to try. She adjusts methods based on what helps you and your family the most, making decisions collaboratively rather than prescribing a single path.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy parents and caregivers. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation from home, phone sessions can fit into tight schedules, and live chat or text messaging provide ongoing support between meetings. These formats make it easier to practice new skills in real life and to keep therapy consistent when routines are unpredictable.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.

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 she address?

Amanda works with stress, anxiety, grief, bipolar disorder, depression, relationship and family problems, parenting issues, trauma and abuse, addictions, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, and related areas such as adoption and foster care or veteran and first responder issues.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is practical and collaborative. She teaches skills, practices communication strategies, and focuses on small changes that make daily life easier.

What background and experience does she have?

She has 15 years of clinical experience working in multiple settings and with diverse problems, including grief, PTSD, addictions, and personality-related concerns.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

Amanda holds LMHC and LPC licenses: FL LMHC MH20864 and GA LPC LPC016331, and she practices from Florida.

Which languages are offered for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats does she provide?

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

How is cost handled?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions are delivered through a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working together?

To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Grief
Bipolar disorder

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 15 years
Licensed: Florida, Georgia
Languages: English

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