Amanda Phillips

Amanda Phillips is a licensed clinical social worker with twenty years of professional experience. She works from a trauma-focused perspective and combines practical therapies to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Amanda believes people bring strengths they can use to move through hard times, and she aims to make the first steps feel possible for anyone who reaches out.

Her approach centers on Trauma-Focused Therapy alongside methods like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Sessions focus on understanding what happened, learning skills to regulate emotions, and finding values-based ways to move forward. Amanda uses straightforward tools that people can try between appointments.

She has experience supporting people affected by trauma, post-traumatic stress, domestic violence, and challenges common to veterans. She also helps with grief, parenting stress, intimacy-related worries, and problems with self-esteem or isolation. Conversations often include practical communication strategies and ways to rebuild safety in daily life.

Amanda describes therapy as a collaborative effort. She listens first, then works with each person to pick approaches that fit their needs and goals. Progress is paced to what feels manageable, with clear steps and skill practice.

Licensed in Alabama and Iowa as LICSW and LISW, Amanda offers care in English. If someone is ready to begin, the usual next step is to complete the brief matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session to discuss goals.

How Amanda’s approaches translate to online care

Amanda uses Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people process past harms and reduce distress tied to painful memories. That approach often includes learning ways to manage strong emotions and slowly approaching difficult memories in a measured way.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is another common tool she draws on to identify patterns of thinking and build practical coping skills for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda listens to a person’s history, goals, and daily routines and then suggests approaches that fit. She treats the choice of methods as a collaborative decision and adjusts the plan as progress and needs change.

The profile does not specify which online session formats are offered, so confirm available options before booking. Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into busy weeks, makes follow-ups easier, and allows for skill practice between meetings. If scheduling sessions around work, caregiving, or appointments is important, discuss timing and format during the initial scheduling step to find what works best.