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Amanda Raether

Supportive family-focused therapist

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
7 years
Licensed in
Kentucky
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Amanda

Amanda Raether is a licensed clinical social worker who focuses on parenting and family-related concerns alongside a wide range of personal struggles. She listens without judgment and helps people put words to confusing moods and behaviors. She emphasizes a strong working relationship and works at a steady, patient pace to help clients meet their goals.

Amanda aims to be a practical collaborator rather than an authority figure in sessions. Amanda holds an LCSW, which stands for Licensed Clinical Social Worker, and practices in Kentucky.

Background and approach

She has seven years of clinical experience providing individual and group support, mentorship, and advocacy. Her background includes work with people struggling with depression, anxiety, sleep problems, trauma, substance use, grief, and low self-worth. In sessions she blends techniques to fit each person’s needs.

She uses cognitive-behavioral strategies to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavioral patterns. She also incorporates client-centered and mindfulness ideas to build self-awareness and coping skills. The goal is to offer tools that people can use between sessions.

Amanda is straightforward about treatment length: some concerns benefit from short-term work and solution-focused plans, while others require longer-term attention. She invites clients to shape the plan, checking in about what is or isn’t working. Her style is warm, empathic, and focused on practical steps toward change.

For a worried parent looking for clear guidance and steady support, Amanda presents a calm, experienced presence. She combines skills from multiple approaches to tailor care to each person’s life and goals.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Amanda often draws on cognitive-behavioral therapy and client-centered principles. Cognitive-behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits and teaches practical skills to change them. It is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and many everyday problems. Client-centered work focuses on listening, empathy, and creating a respectful space where a person’s goals guide the pace of therapy.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda discusses your concerns and goals and helps you pick methods that feel right. She adjusts the plan over time, making changes if a technique isn’t helping or if your priorities shift. That collaborative process aims to keep therapy relevant and useful.

Online sessions can be done by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit busy family lives and varied schedules. These formats make it easier to fit sessions around school, work, and caregiving duties. The different options also let people use the style of contact they find most comfortable while still getting consistent therapeutic support.

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.

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 kinds of concerns does Amanda help with?
Amanda works with a broad range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, trauma, addictions, grief, self-esteem, and many family and parenting related struggles.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm, empathic, and practical. She partners with people to set goals and uses straightforward tools you can apply between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She has seven years of clinical experience offering individual and group therapy, mentorship, and advocacy, working with people facing mood, trauma, and substance-related concerns.
What credentials and location are listed for her?
She is an LCSW, which means Licensed Clinical Social Worker, licensed in Kentucky with license number KY LCSW 254594.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost 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 Amanda?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience
7 years
Licensed
Kentucky
Languages
English

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