Works with
How Amanda works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- South Carolina
- Years in practice
- 8
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Amanda
Amanda Reid is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people manage strong emotions and life stressors. She uses straightforward, skills-based care to help clients handle anger, anxiety, depression, and addiction concerns. Amanda speaks plainly and works to make sessions feel welcoming and hopeful.
Amanda draws from client-centered care to build trust and active collaboration. She also incorporates cognitive behavioral ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts and change patterns that fuel anger and anxiety.
Background and approach
Dialectical behavior strategies are used when clients need concrete emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance tools. Her background includes work in outpatient settings and earlier roles as a substance abuse counselor and therapist in group homes and a mental health hospital. That range of experience shaped her focus on practical coping skills and clearer routines.
She has eight years of clinical experience and holds an LPC credential. In sessions Amanda emphasizes grounding strategies, coping skills, and small changes that add up. She helps people reframe stressful situations and build healthier habits for managing reactions.
The work is paced to each person's needs and goals. Amanda aims to create a warm, accepting space where people feel seen and supported. She talks about progress in realistic terms and stays focused on tools clients can use between sessions.
Her goal is to help clients build a steadier foundation for the future.
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
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- ADHD
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Amanda lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-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.
Approach and access for online emotional skills work
Amanda commonly uses client-centered therapy to build rapport and understand a person's goals. That approach focuses on listening, respect, and helping clients lead the direction of change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets the thinking patterns that feed anger and anxiety and teaches concrete strategies to change those patterns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, adds practical emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance skills that help when feelings feel overwhelming.Choosing the best approach is a team effort. Amanda works with each person to figure out which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adapts techniques as progress unfolds so clients feel ownership of the plan.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and styles. Video calls are useful when visual cues matter and a longer conversation is needed. Phone sessions can require less bandwidth and work well for a focused check-in. Live chat or text messaging can be good for brief updates, coaching between sessions, or when typing feels easier than speaking. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Amanda
What concerns does Amanda commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, ADHD, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
Sessions are collaborative and practical. Amanda uses client-centered listening alongside CBT and DBT techniques to teach coping skills and change unhelpful patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of experience working in outpatient settings as well as prior roles in group homes and a mental health hospital.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential (LPC) and practices in South Carolina.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different scheduling needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on therapist availability.