- ACT methods
- CBT tools
- Mindfulness skills
About Amanda
Amanda Phillips is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) and a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with 20 years of professional experience in Alabama and Iowa. She works with adults struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship concerns. Amanda also helps people facing trauma, abuse, intimacy issues, and anger.
Amanda uses straightforward, person-focused work in sessions. She listens and helps clients notice patterns that keep them stuck. She offers clear tools to handle strong feelings and to reduce reactivity in close relationships.
Mindfulness and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills come into play when clients need emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Those skills are taught as concrete practices to use in tense moments. Communication skills from the Gottman Method are available for people wanting better conversations and less escalation. Amanda has worked with veterans and people surviving domestic violence and PTSD. She emphasizes building on each person’s strengths and real-life skills. To start, she asks about what matters most to the client and what small changes would make daily life easier.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Amanda uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice their values and keep moving toward them, even when anger or anxiety are present. ACT focuses on actions that matter and practical choices that fit a person’s priorities.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help identify the thoughts and behaviors that increase reactivity. CBT provides step-by-step techniques for changing unhelpful thinking and practicing different responses in real situations.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda will work with each person to see which methods fit their goals and daily life. She aims to blend skills and reflection so people can test what helps and adjust as needed.
Session formats are not specified in the profile, so confirm the current online options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. Therapists commonly use video or phone for direct teaching of skills, and those formats let people practice communication drills and emotion regulation techniques in real time.
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
Alabama, Iowa
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationships, trauma and abuse, intimacy issues, anger, and related problems listed in her profile.
What is her general therapy style?
She uses a practical, person-focused style that combines skill teaching with acceptance-based work and behavioral change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 20 years of professional work experience across Alabama and Iowa.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds AL LICSW and IA LISW credentials and practices from Alabama.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking since specific formats are not listed in the profile.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.