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Amanda Rice

Calm guidance for stress and trauma

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
Michigan
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Amanda

Amanda Rice is a licensed professional counselor in Michigan who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, and life changes. She speaks plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person. Amanda aims to make the first steps toward change feel doable and not overwhelming.

She offers a respectful, compassionate presence while clients find their footing. Amanda draws on approaches that help people build practical skills and shift unhelpful patterns.

Background and approach

She often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify thoughts that drive strong emotions. She also uses elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach coping skills for intense feelings and Trauma-Focused Therapy when past harm is central to the work.

Over roughly a decade in practice Amanda has helped people with worries about mood, panic, attention difficulties, grief, relationship and parenting strains, and work-related stress. She also brings experience supporting those dealing with anger, shame, and complicated life transitions. Her background includes addressing post-traumatic stress and other trauma-related concerns.

Amanda says treatment is shaped around each person’s needs and goals. Conversations and exercises are adjusted to fit daily life and practical constraints. The aim is to leave clients with clearer options and useful tools they can use between sessions.

She is licensed in Michigan as an LPC, practices in English, and offers multiple remote session formats. Amanda works with people who are ready to try counseling and want steady, skills-focused support on real problems.

How Amanda’s Approaches Work Online

Amanda often blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Trauma-Focused Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice thoughts that fuel worry or low mood and then practice new ways of thinking and acting. Trauma-Focused Therapy looks at how past harm affects current life and uses gradual, structured work to reduce its hold.

She treats the choice of approach as a joint decision. Early sessions focus on understanding problems, goals, and what feels most manageable. From there she and the client pick strategies together and adjust them as needed so the plan fits daily life and preferences.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for this work because sessions can happen by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Those options make it easier to fit help into busy schedules, to review written skills between meetings, and to access care from home in Michigan. Amanda uses these formats to teach coping tools, practice new responses, and keep steady contact while progress is made.

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 she address?
Amanda works with a broad range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, panic attacks, grief, relationship and family problems, parenting challenges, and ADHD-related struggles.
What is her general therapy style?
She practices in a straightforward, respectful way and focuses on practical skills. Sessions combine listening with concrete tools from evidence-based approaches to help people manage feelings and behaviors.
How much experience does she have?
Amanda has about 10 years of professional experience working in counseling and related settings.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - licensed in Michigan, license number MI LPC 6401222705.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as options for meeting remotely.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Michigan
Languages
English

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