- Compassionate listener
- Practical coping skills
- Career and life focus
About Amanda
Amanda Perkins is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and career concerns. She focuses on practical support so clients can manage day-to-day burdens and make clearer decisions. Her style is compassionate and straightforward, aimed at building stronger coping skills and self-compassion.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through difficult experiences. Sessions emphasize understanding what matters to the person now and finding small steps that lead to change. Amanda draws on approaches that help clients notice unhelpful patterns and try new behaviors in real life.
Her work covers trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, parenting strain, and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar issues. She also supports people dealing with attachment and intimacy-related challenges, ADHD, and caregiving stress. Practical coping strategies and clearer communication are common goals in her sessions.
Amanda uses a mix of therapy styles to meet individual needs, including acceptance-based methods, cognitive tools, and emotion-focused work. She believes therapy should fit the person, not the other way around, and she helps people find what works for them. Her tone is warm, direct, and focused on forward movement.
With ten years of clinical experience, Amanda brings steady support and real-world tools. She helps clients set achievable goals, practice new skills between sessions, and track small gains over time. People who want hands-on strategies and empathetic listening may find her approach helpful.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through difficult experiences. Sessions emphasize understanding what matters to the person now and finding small steps that lead to change. Amanda draws on approaches that help clients notice unhelpful patterns and try new behaviors in real life.
Her work covers trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, parenting strain, and mood concerns such as depression and bipolar issues. She also supports people dealing with attachment and intimacy-related challenges, ADHD, and caregiving stress. Practical coping strategies and clearer communication are common goals in her sessions.
Amanda uses a mix of therapy styles to meet individual needs, including acceptance-based methods, cognitive tools, and emotion-focused work. She believes therapy should fit the person, not the other way around, and she helps people find what works for them. Her tone is warm, direct, and focused on forward movement.
With ten years of clinical experience, Amanda brings steady support and real-world tools. She helps clients set achievable goals, practice new skills between sessions, and track small gains over time. People who want hands-on strategies and empathetic listening may find her approach helpful.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
LGBTRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Florida
Languages
English
Approaches that guide online work
Amanda commonly draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy when helping people sort life stress and make choices that match their values. ACT focuses on clarifying values and taking committed action even when feelings are difficult, which can help with career decisions, anxiety, and life transitions. CBT looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical techniques to reduce unhelpful thinking and improve mood and functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before, then suggest a combination of methods to try. Clients and the therapist make adjustments as they learn what fits best.
Confirm the exact session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make sessions easier to fit into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and remove travel time so people can use breaks for appointments. It also lets therapists share worksheets, skill practices, and written summaries between meetings to support steady progress.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Amanda commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, career questions, depression and bipolar symptoms, and related challenges.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is compassionate and straightforward, blending acceptance-based work, cognitive tools, and emotion-focused approaches to help people change unhelpful patterns and build coping skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Amanda has ten years of experience providing therapeutic care to people with a wide range of emotional and life concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds the LMHC credential and practices as a Florida LMHC based in Florida.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients supported?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time based on therapist availability.