Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Compassion fatigue
How Amanda works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Amanda
Amanda Perkins is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who helps people facing stress, anger, anxiety, grief, and relationship strain. She works with individuals wanting clearer coping skills and steadier emotional responses. Her style is warm and straightforward, focused on practical steps that fit everyday life.
She uses a mix of methods to match what each person needs. Sessions often include learning skills to manage strong emotions, practicing new ways to communicate, and spotting patterns that keep problems alive.
Background and approach
Amanda encourages small, doable changes that add up over time. Her practice reflects ten years of clinical experience. That background includes supporting people through trauma, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and major life transitions.
She also works with concerns such as ADHD, depression, bipolar symptoms, and identity-related stress among LGBT clients. Amanda emphasizes collaboration. She listens first, then suggests approaches like behavioral strategies, acceptance-based work, or attachment-focused conversations depending on the situation.
Therapy is paced by the client’s goals and tolerances rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Clients can expect clear tools and focused conversations that aim to reduce overwhelm and increase emotional control. Amanda also helps people navigate parenting pressures, career decisions, and intimacy-related worries.
She supports building stronger self-compassion and more reliable coping 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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Compassion fatigue
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Amanda lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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 to online care
Amanda commonly blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance-based work to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and take values-driven action. CBT offers concrete exercises for changing thinking and behavior, which often adapt well to worksheets, homework, and in-session practice online.She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current reactions and patterns. That work focuses on recognizing relational triggers and rehearsing new ways of communicating and connecting that reduce conflict and fear.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda will discuss goals, try methods, and adjust based on what helps most. She treats therapy as a team effort and checks in regularly to make sure the approach remains useful for the person's needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules. Video suits deeper conversational work and skill practice, phone can be a simpler check-in or an option when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for brief emotional support, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options let clients pick what feels practical for their life and the work they want to do.
Questions people ask about Amanda
What concerns does Amanda address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, and career challenges among other concerns.
What is her general therapeutic style?
She takes a compassionate, straightforward approach that focuses on practical skills, understanding patterns, and working step by step toward client goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Amanda has ten years of experience working with a range of emotional and life issues, including trauma, chronic health concerns, and caregiving stress.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a licensed mental health counselor, FL LMHC, practicing in Florida.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use 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 based on the therapist's availability.