Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
How Amanda works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Indiana, Kentucky
- Years in practice
- 18
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Amanda
Amanda Marcum is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience. She practices in Indiana and draws on a range of practical methods to help people manage stress, anxiety, anger, grief, addiction concerns, and relationship struggles. Her work focuses on building a trusting connection first.
She believes feeling understood makes it easier to talk about hard things. Sessions aim to increase self-awareness and offer simple steps people can use between meetings.
Background and approach
Amanda has worked with adolescents, adults, and families across different settings since earning a Master of Social Work from Indiana University in 2007. That background gives her experience with parenting challenges, blended family issues, adoption and foster care, and attachment concerns. She uses straightforward techniques drawn from client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused work.
In practice this means helping clients notice unhelpful thoughts, try small behavior changes, and set short-term goals that build confidence. Online formats include messaging, live chat, phone, and video sessions. Amanda typically checks messages three times a day and keeps weekday hours around 8-5, though she may have other availability when arranged by message.
She welcomes conversations about concerns such as LGBT stressors, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, self-esteem, bipolar mood concerns, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and coping with life changes. Amanda frames therapy as a collaborative process to help people move forward when they feel stuck.
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
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Amanda lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Amanda blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness to meet practical needs. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building trust so people feel comfortable sharing. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and creates small behavior experiments to test new ways of coping. Mindfulness therapy teaches attention and breathing strategies to reduce reactivity and support emotion regulation.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which tools fit their goals and preferences, and may combine methods to match the situation. This process is flexible and adjusts as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more accessible. Video allows face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports a focused real-time check-in, and messaging offers ongoing access between sessions. These options help fit therapy into work, parenting, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on practical change and skill building.
Questions people ask about Amanda
What kinds of concerns does Amanda help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, LGBT stressors, trauma and more.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is warm and direct, emphasizing connection and clear steps. She uses client-centered listening along with practical techniques to change thoughts and behaviors.
How long has she been practicing?
Amanda has 18 years of clinical experience and a Master of Social Work from Indiana University earned in 2007.
Where is she licensed and located?
She holds LCSW credentials in Kentucky and Indiana and operates from Indiana for online sessions.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats does she offer?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; services use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with Amanda?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's listed availability.