About Amanda
Amanda Norah-Brooks is a licensed clinical social worker in Virginia with 20 years in the mental health field. She helps people facing family conflict, parenting challenges, anger, and big life changes. Amanda focuses on practical steps people can use right away.
She meets people where they are and builds on what already works for them. Her work includes support for attention and concentration concerns such as ADHD and for behavior management.
Background and approach
She also helps people cope with grief, anxiety, and depression. Amanda has experience with issues related to deployment readiness, veterans and armed forces matters, and multicultural or immigration concerns. Sessions are straightforward and goal-oriented.
She listens for strengths and then suggests small, doable changes. That might include different ways to talk at home, routines that reduce stress, or strategies to manage strong emotions in the moment. Parents and individuals report relief when they learn skills to handle conflict and care demands.
Amanda also addresses divorce, blended family challenges, infidelity, and communication breakdowns. She offers guidance around serious life transitions like hospice and end-of-life counseling or coping with cancer in a family. Amanda believes people are the experts on their own lives.
She provides steady support while helping clients take practical steps forward. Sessions are offered in English and are tailored to each person’s situation.
Evidence-based approaches and online therapy options
Amanda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and measurable change. One approach emphasizes behavior-focused strategies to manage impulsivity and anger by teaching clear routines and immediate coping steps. This helps people gain control when emotions run high and supports better day-to-day functioning.Another approach centers on family and communication work, helping people change how they speak and set boundaries at home. This involves role practice, clearer expectations, and small adjustments to reduce recurring conflict. These methods are useful for parenting challenges, blended family issues, and relationship communication problems.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda works with each person to identify needs, priorities, and what fits their life. Together they try methods, track what helps, and adjust the plan over time so the therapy feels relevant and doable.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and longer sessions. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging suit short check-ins, quick coaching, or follow-up between sessions. These options make it possible to schedule work around busy days and care responsibilities.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
Also works with
- ADHD
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English