- Compassionate listening
- Skills focused
- Goal oriented
About Amanda
Amanda Perkins is a Florida licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier and on building greater self-compassion. Amanda writes and speaks plainly in sessions and aims to make therapy feel understandable and usable.
Amanda centers sessions on a warm, nonjudgmental conversation. She listens for patterns that leave people stuck and works with them to try different strategies. Common topics include trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, career stress, and coping with chronic illness or pain.
She draws from several well-established approaches to match each person’s needs. That can mean learning new ways to notice thoughts and act with intention, practicing skills to manage overwhelming emotion, or tracing how attachment experiences shape current relationships. Sessions emphasize small, concrete changes that add up over time.
Amanda has about 10 years of experience helping adults navigate transitions and persistent problems like depression, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her work also addresses adoption and foster care histories, caregiving strain, body image, and blended family concerns.
People who meet with Amanda can expect a collaborative tone. She helps clients set clear goals, try different tools between sessions, and adjust the plan when something isn’t working. To begin, prospective clients complete a short questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.
Amanda centers sessions on a warm, nonjudgmental conversation. She listens for patterns that leave people stuck and works with them to try different strategies. Common topics include trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, career stress, and coping with chronic illness or pain.
She draws from several well-established approaches to match each person’s needs. That can mean learning new ways to notice thoughts and act with intention, practicing skills to manage overwhelming emotion, or tracing how attachment experiences shape current relationships. Sessions emphasize small, concrete changes that add up over time.
Amanda has about 10 years of experience helping adults navigate transitions and persistent problems like depression, bipolar challenges, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. Her work also addresses adoption and foster care histories, caregiving strain, body image, and blended family concerns.
People who meet with Amanda can expect a collaborative tone. She helps clients set clear goals, try different tools between sessions, and adjust the plan when something isn’t working. To begin, prospective clients complete a short questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
LGBTRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
How Amanda's approaches translate to online work
Amanda uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) which focuses on noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. ACT can help when worry or avoidance gets in the way of everyday goals. She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns, which often helps with intimacy and communication struggles.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda treats the choice of methods as collaborative and will help clients try approaches that fit their needs and goals. She checks in and adjusts the plan if a strategy doesn't feel useful.
Confirm session formats before booking so you know which options are available. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into work breaks, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find virtual meetings let them practice skills in their usual routines and apply new tools between sessions.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Amanda commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar challenges, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strains, grief, chronic pain and illness, ADHD, career concerns, and related topics.
What is Amanda's therapy style like?
Her style is warm and collaborative. Sessions focus on clear goals, practical skills, and linking everyday behavior to long-term change.
How much experience does she bring?
Amanda has about 10 years of clinical experience working with adults across a range of life transitions and emotional challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the credential LMHC, which is a Florida licensed mental health counselor, and practices in Florida.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.