Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Amanda works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Amanda
Amanda Alleman is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with 13 years of professional experience. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, anger, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. Amanda emphasizes a respectful, down-to-earth approach that treats each person as the expert in their own life.
She believes most people already have strengths they can use to face hard moments. Sessions aim to build on those strengths and turn small changes into steady improvements.
Background and approach
Amanda speaks plainly and keeps conversations focused on real-life steps clients can try between meetings. Amanda uses a mix of approaches based on what the person needs. That can include client-centered conversations that follow the client's pace, problem-focused work to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and motivational techniques to support lasting change.
She keeps tools practical and tailored to everyday life. Her style is warm and straightforward. She acknowledges how hard it can be to start therapy and offers steady support without judgment.
People come for help with grief, addictions, trauma, sleep problems, and career stress, and Amanda helps them sort priorities and make clear plans. She also works with concerns like attachment, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, codependency, and domestic violence. Amanda aims to make therapy useful from the first session and helps clients track small wins as they move forward.
What Amanda works with
Everything Amanda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Amanda's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Amanda lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Amanda commonly uses Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in her online work. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client's lead, which helps people feel heard and supported while they name goals. CBT looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches concrete techniques to reduce anxiety, manage anger, improve sleep, and change unhelpful habits.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Amanda will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and what has or has not helped in the past. Together they decide whether to focus on insight, skills practice, motivation, or a combination of methods and then adjust as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat or text messaging work well for quick check-ins or ongoing support. These options help people attend sessions from varied locations and schedules while keeping the work focused on clear, practical steps.
Questions people ask about Amanda
What kinds of problems does Amanda help with?
Amanda helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, addictions, trauma and grief. She also supports career stress, sleep issues, and intimacy-related matters.
What is Amanda's therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and straightforward, focusing on practical steps and building on a person's strengths. She keeps sessions goal-oriented and uses plain language to discuss real-life strategies.
How many years of experience does she have?
Amanda has 13 years of professional experience and has been practicing as an LPC since 2020.
Where is Amanda licensed and based?
She holds a Pennsylvania LPC credential and practices in Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the U.S. work with Amanda?
International clients are not currently accepted; she works with clients within the region she is licensed to serve.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How are costs handled and how do I begin?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.