About Amannda
Amannda Walworth offers calm, steady support to people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or the effects of past trauma. She introduces practical ways to manage strong emotions and to rebuild connection with others. Amannda speaks plainly and creates a patient, attentive atmosphere so people can say what feels hard to say.
Amannda is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker - LCSW - practicing in New York with 11 years of clinical experience.
Background and approach
She draws on psychodynamic ideas to look at how early experiences shape present-day patterns. Sessions focus on understanding repeated reactions, building insight, and finding small changes that reduce distress. She has long experience supporting people connected to intellectual disability and Autism, and she pays attention to sensory and emotional needs.
Amannda also helps people cope with family of origin issues, communication problems, workplace stress, money worries, and feelings of guilt or shame. Grief and life transitions are common topics she addresses. Her work aims to balance understanding with practical steps.
Conversations are paced to match each person’s comfort and capacity. Amannda supports reflection, helps process loss, and works with clients to identify strengths they can use day to day. People who want steady presence and thoughtful listening often find this approach helpful.
Sessions are shaped around each person’s needs and goals, with attention to both feeling and practical change.
Approaches that guide online therapy
Amannda uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how early relationships and past events affect present feelings and patterns. This helps when anxiety, repeated relationship problems, or old wounds keep showing up in daily life.She also uses practical emotion-focused techniques to help people manage distress in the moment. These strategies teach simple ways to soothe strong feelings, handle overwhelm, and reduce urges to self-harm or react impulsively.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amannda collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort, and pace. She checks in and adapts the plan as needs change, so therapy stays relevant and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a more traditional session with face-to-face interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or for a quieter check-in. Live chat and messaging suit shorter updates, emotional processing between sessions, or when typing feels more comfortable than speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when schedules shift.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Family of origin issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Money and financial issues
- Self-harm
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English