About Amanda
Amanda Shaw is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Pennsylvania who uses a practical, person-centered style in sessions. She speaks plainly and focuses on what matters now. Parents and adults find her straightforward approach easy to follow during stressful times.
Amanda has seven years as an LCSW working in outpatient mental health since finishing graduate school in 2015. She has a longer history in social work overall, and she has supported people through depression, anxiety, grief, and major life changes.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with survivors of domestic violence and people coping with loss. In the room Amanda listens first and tailors methods to each person. She draws on client-centered work to prioritize goals people bring.
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and mindfulness practices to build calm and focus. Amanda helps people manage stress, anger, and low self-esteem, and she supports those facing career questions, parenting strain, or relationship and intimacy-related concerns. She also works with physical health challenges such as cancer, caregiving stress, and end-of-life matters.
Sessions may include short goal-focused plans, practical skill-building, or reflective conversations to reframe life stories. Amanda aims to balance problem-solving with emotional support so people leave with clearer next steps and a sense that progress is possible.
Approaches that fit online care
Amanda often uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on the person's goals and preferences and creates space for them to guide each session. This approach helps clarify what matters most and keeps work practical and relevant.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches specific skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or change unhelpful habits. CBT is useful when people want concrete strategies and short-term tools.
Mindfulness practices are another part of her work and involve simple attention and breathing exercises to reduce reactivity and ground attention. These techniques can help with stress, panic, and emotional overwhelm.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Amanda will collaborate with each person to identify goals and try methods that feel like a good fit. She adjusts plans over time based on what is helpful and practical for daily life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which let people fit therapy into busy schedules. Video can support deeper conversation and visual cues, phone calls require less bandwidth, live chat allows quick check-ins, and messaging helps when ongoing written reflection is useful. These options offer flexibility to match what works best for the client.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English