About Amanda
Amanda Hawkins is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with nine years of practice. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, mood shifts, and concerns related to identity and self-worth. Amanda emphasizes practical steps and steady support for those ready to make changes.
She centers sessions on the person’s own experience. Amanda treats each client as the expert on their life and looks for strengths to build on. Conversations are straightforward and focused on what the client wants to change or understand.
Background and approach
Her work draws on several approaches that fit different needs. She may use client-centered methods to build trust and clarity. She also uses mindfulness skills to reduce overwhelm and DBT ideas to help with intense emotions and coping strategies.
Sessions often focus on short-term goals and real-life application. Amanda helps people set small, measurable steps and test what works between meetings. She also helps untangle relationship and intimacy concerns and supports clients facing career, parenting, or life-stage transitions.
Amanda is comfortable addressing topics like trauma, depression, bipolar disorder, and sexual or gender concerns in a straightforward way. She also offers support around body image, grief during illness or end-of-life care, and challenges tied to family of origin. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online in various formats.
How Amanda’s approaches translate to online care
Amanda blends client-centered work with mindfulness and DBT-informed techniques to help people cope with intense emotions and daily stress. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the client can clarify goals and make decisions. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce overwhelm and improve focus. Dialectical Behavior Therapy ideas offer concrete tools for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving communication.Finding the right mix is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about what feels helpful and try different methods until a good fit emerges. Goals and preferences guide which techniques are emphasized and how sessions are structured.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in works better. Live chat and text-based messaging let people send notes between sessions, share brief updates, or check in without scheduling a full appointment. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or other commitments while keeping the focus on skills and progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English