- Stress and anxiety
- Trauma and grief
- CBT and DBT methods
About Amanda
Amanda Whichard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and LPC-MHSP in Mississippi with six years of clinical experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and life transitions. Amanda also helps with relationship concerns, self-esteem, career questions, mood disorders, and ADHD-related struggles.
Her approach is practical and straightforward. She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and focuses on building from existing strengths. Sessions typically involve clear strategies and skills you can use between meetings. Amanda uses methods drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, EMDR, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to address symptoms and patterns.
Clients can expect a therapist who prioritizes realistic steps and skill practice. Conversations often include goal setting, identifying unhelpful patterns, and trying small experiments to see what changes. Amanda works on concrete problems like panic attacks, obsessive thoughts, mood swings, and trouble concentrating.
She also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, codependency, family of origin issues, first responder stress, and guilt or shame. Amanda has experience with coping after disasters and with divorce or separation adjustments. Her work includes coaching elements for career direction and life-purpose questions.
Sessions are offered in English and Amanda does not take international clients. The site uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
How Amanda uses evidence-based approaches online
Amanda draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments to reduce anxiety and low mood. DBT emphasizes building skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, useful for mood instability and impulsivity.She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for processing traumatic memories. EMDR guides the brain to reprocess distressing experiences and can reduce the intensity of trauma-related reactions when combined with preparation and skill work.
Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with you about your goals, try approaches that match those goals, and adjust methods as you go. You and the therapist decide together which techniques feel most helpful for your situation.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life by reducing travel and letting appointments happen from more convenient locations. It can also allow shorter check-ins or sessions that better match a work or school schedule, and makes it simpler to continue care when routines change.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Mississippi, Tennessee
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she focus on?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, life changes, relationship problems, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar and depression among other mood and behavioral concerns.
How would she approach my sessions?
Her style is practical and skills-based, using methods like CBT, DBT, EMDR, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to try techniques that suit your goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of professional work experience in counseling and related clinical roles.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds an MS LPC and is listed as LPC-MHSP, and practices in Mississippi.
Can non-English speakers work with her?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she see clients outside the United States?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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