About Amanda
Amanda Johnson is a licensed social worker and medical doctor who helps people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, or big life changes. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Amanda works in New Jersey and offers sessions in English by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
She spends time helping people untangle patterns behind worry, substance use, and relationship pain. Rather than only talking about feelings, Amanda emphasizes simple, repeatable tools that reduce reactivity and build steadiness.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to replace survival habits with clearer choices and healthier routines. Amanda also supports those dealing with intimacy and relationship struggles, like trust issues and communication problems. She helps people name patterns such as control, codependency, or attachment wounds, and find ways to shift them.
Work often includes learning how to speak honestly and set clearer boundaries. Parenting concerns and blended family strain are included in her focus areas. She also addresses caregiver stress, forgiveness, guilt, and family of origin problems that keep repeating across relationships.
When substance use is present, sessions balance immediate coping strategies with attention to underlying causes. She brings three years of clinical experience to sessions and holds the credentials MD, LCSW-C, and LCSW. Amanda asks clients to set clear goals and aims for steady, measurable progress.
To begin, people use the online Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire before scheduling.
How evidence-based methods work online
Amanda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and pattern change. One common approach she uses teaches practical coping strategies for anxiety and stress - clients learn breathing, grounding, and short behavioral steps to reduce overwhelm and regain control. This work helps when worry or panic keeps someone from doing everyday tasks.Another approach addresses relationship and attachment patterns by mapping repeated interactions and trying new, small communication experiments. This helps people notice triggers, practice different responses, and gradually shift how they relate in close connections. When substance use or caregiving stress appear, she blends coping skills with attention to underlying patterns that drive behavior.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. Amanda will listen to goals, try methods that fit the situation, and adjust based on what helps most. Clients and therapist decide together which techniques to emphasize and when to change direction.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to work together. Video calls let people see facial expression and practice conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow for brief reflections, reminders, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still focusing on meaningful change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey, Maryland
- Languages
- English