Amanda Mills
Practical counseling for stress and relationships
- Credentials
- LPCC
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed in
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Amanda
Amanda Mills is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Ohio. She talks plainly with people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship strain, grief, or life changes. Sessions focus on real problems and practical steps parents and adults can use at home.
Amanda aims to create a calm, steady space where goals are clear and achievable. She trained at John Carroll University for her master’s in Clinical Mental Health and completed an undergraduate degree in Psychology at Taylor University.
Background and approach
Amanda began practicing in 2017 and has eight years of experience in multiple care settings. That experience includes inpatient care, intensive outpatient treatment, outpatient groups, and independent practice. Amanda uses methods from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy - which helps people notice thoughts and act on values - and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships affect current connections, and on Dialectical Behavior Therapy for emotion regulation and coping skills. In sessions she prioritizes clear tools such as mindfulness exercises, skill-building, and communication techniques.
Work may include coping strategies for cravings and relapse prevention, ways to manage mood swings, or steps to rebuild trust and improve communication. Her goal is to partner with each person to set short-term targets and sustainable habits. Amanda encourages steady progress and regular check-ins to track what is working and what to adjust next.
Approaches that translate to online care
Amanda uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice distracting thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, and making changes that matter over time.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments. CBT is often chosen for anxiety, depression, and managing mood symptoms.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda works with each person to pick methods that match their goals, comfort level, and daily life. She checks in regularly to adjust tools and pace so the work stays practical and attainable.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules and to use skills between meetings. The online formats support short skills check-ins, longer weekly sessions, and regular messaging for homework and progress updates.
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.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
Next step
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