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Online therapist

Amanda Perkins

Support for parents and adults

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Credentials
LMHC
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
Florida
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Amanda

Amanda Perkins is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who focuses on helping adults and parents manage stress, anxiety, family concerns, and grief. She makes space for straightforward conversations and practical steps. Her tone is calm and direct, aimed at people who want clear support rather than jargon.

Amanda uses plain, collaborative methods to help people make sense of difficult feelings. She draws on approaches like cognitive behavioral techniques and attachment-focused ideas to improve communication and reduce reactivity.

Background and approach

Sessions often include learning new ways to cope, practicing small changes, and setting realistic goals. With ten years of experience, Amanda applies tools from several therapy styles to fit each person’s needs. That can mean working on boundaries after caregiving stress, addressing trauma reactions, or managing mood symptoms like depression and bipolar challenges.

She also assists with relationship patterns, intimacy-related issues, and parenting concerns. Her practice values steadiness and practical skills. She helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts, try new behaviors, and build self-compassion over time.

Therapy is collaborative: Amanda listens, offers clear feedback, and adjusts strategies based on what’s working. People who reach out can expect focused, manageable steps toward change. Amanda combines experience, a warm manner, and evidence-based techniques to support lasting progress.

If you want a down-to-earth therapist who explains the how and why of next steps, she may be a good match.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online

Amanda often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck and focus on values-driven action. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and teaches new ways to connect and communicate.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda discusses goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapts methods to fit each person. That collaborative process helps decide whether to focus on skills training, emotional processing, or relationship patterns.

Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. These formats let clients fit sessions around work or family life and practice skills between meetings. Amanda uses the available tools to offer clear coaching, behavioral exercises, and reflective conversation so progress can continue even when meeting remotely.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?
Amanda works with stress, anxiety, family issues, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, grief, relationship and intimacy-related problems, parenting, anger, career issues, bipolar and depression, ADHD, and related areas listed in her specialties.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She blends practical skill-building with reflective work to help clients try new behaviors and cope better day to day.
What is her background and experience?
She has ten years of clinical experience helping people navigate emotional challenges and life transitions, drawing on a range of evidence-informed techniques.
What credentials and location should I know about?
Amanda is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Her license is FL LMHC MH16909 and she practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to meet with clients.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English

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