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Online therapist

Amanda Scardino

Compassionate support for family and parenting challenges

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
25 years
Licensed in
Texas
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Amanda

Amanda Scardino is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on helping people facing family and parenting stresses. She offers a straightforward, affirming approach for those dealing with relationship strain, anxiety, or life transitions. Sessions aim to be practical and respectful, centered on the concerns each person brings.

Amanda works from Texas and communicates in English. Amanda uses proven methods to help clients manage worry and improve communication. She often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and teach new coping skills.

Background and approach

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is also part of her toolbox, helping people clarify values and take action that matches what matters most to them. Amanda brings 25 years of experience as an LPC to her work. That background includes supporting people with grief, anger, self-esteem, career challenges, depression, ADHD, intimacy-related issues, and LGBT concerns.

She prefers a collaborative, non-religious style that emphasizes practical steps and steady progress. In sessions she mixes short-term solutions with longer-term skill building. Techniques from mindfulness and motivational interviewing help clients stay grounded and find internal motivation for change.

Amanda aims to help families and parents develop clearer routines and better communication patterns. People who choose Amanda can expect direct feedback, simple tools to try between sessions, and a focus on what matters next. Her practice accommodates a range of scheduling needs and formats for remote work.

How Amanda’s Methods Translate to Online Therapy

Amanda commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on spotting and changing unhelpful thinking patterns and teaching concrete coping skills, which adapts well to exercises and worksheets shared during video or text sessions. ACT helps people identify their values and take small committed steps toward them, a good fit for goal-setting work done between meetings.

She also uses mindfulness practices to help people stay present and reduce stress. Simple breathing and grounding exercises can be taught in a short video visit or reinforced through brief text check-ins. Amanda approaches treatment collaboratively and will discuss which methods seem most helpful based on each person’s needs and goals.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy family schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, while phone, live chat, and text messaging offer flexible options for check-ins and homework support. These formats let people try strategies in real time and then bring questions back to the next session, supporting steady, practical progress.

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.

Mindfulness Therapy

Attention training: noticing thoughts and physical feelings as they arrive without being carried off by them. Much of it is practice you do yourself, so guidance over video or audio works much as it would in person.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does Amanda help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, grief, intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, career transitions, depression, coping with life changes, and ADHD.
What is her general therapy style?
Amanda uses a compassionate, client-centered style that is collaborative and practical. She focuses on clear steps and skills people can use between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Amanda has 25 years of clinical experience working as a licensed counselor.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is an LPC, license number TX LPC 61565, and practices from Texas.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription 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 scheduling according to therapist availability.

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Experience
25 years
Licensed
Texas
Languages
English

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