Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- ADHD
How Amanda works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Amanda
Amanda Baddmoccosin-Barnes is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Wisconsin. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and ADHD-related challenges in everyday life. Amanda uses straightforward, evidence-based approaches to help clients notice patterns and try new ways of responding.
Sessions are focused on practical skills for managing emotions, improving communication, and handling workplace pressure. She emphasizes short-term tools you can use between meetings. Her work addresses a wide range of concerns such as panic attacks, mood swings, social anxiety, and trauma-related symptoms.
Background and approach
She also supports people facing impulsivity, hoarding behaviors, self-harm urges, and the strain of blended family or relationship issues. Career and workplace struggles are a frequent part of her practice. Amanda aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk through difficult moments and build steady coping habits.
She encourages collaboration and sets goals together with each person. Progress often looks like clearer choices, better communication, and more manageable emotional responses. With four years of clinical experience, she draws on methods that have research support while keeping the work practical and suited to each person.
Sessions use plain language and focused exercises so people can apply what they learn in daily life.
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
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Domestic violence
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches and online care that focus on skills
Amanda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize practical skills you can use right away. One common approach she applies teaches emotion regulation and coping strategies to reduce intense reactions like anger or panic; this helps people recognize triggers and practice calmer responses. Another method focuses on communication skills and problem-solving to improve workplace interactions and relationship patterns, with concrete exercises to try between sessions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda works with each person to identify priorities, test techniques, and adjust methods based on what feels most helpful. Her goal is to match interventions to a person's needs and daily life rather than follow a fixed plan.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video calls are useful for longer therapy conversations, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows short check-ins, and text messaging supports brief updates or reminders. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, or other commitments.
Questions people ask about Amanda
What kinds of concerns does Amanda address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, ADHD, and related issues such as panic attacks, mood disorders, social anxiety, trauma, and workplace problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, using evidence-based techniques to teach emotion regulation, communication skills, and strategies for handling impulsivity and strong reactions.
What background does she bring to therapy sessions?
Amanda has four years of clinical experience and focuses on applying research-supported methods in simple, actionable ways during sessions.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, licensed in Wisconsin and practices with that credential.
What languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats does she offer online?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.