- Collaborative therapy
- Culturally aware
- Strengths based
About Amanda
Amanda Hager is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey with eight years of clinical experience. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and spends time learning each person's story. Amanda focuses on how life experiences, culture, community, and family shape emotional health. She aims to help people build on their strengths rather than treating them as a list of symptoms.
Amanda pays attention to how larger systems and transgenerational narratives affect daily life. She avoids strictly Eurocentric approaches and prefers methods that honor a person's whole identity. This includes attention to sexual orientation, gender identity, and the lived impact of stigma and marginalization.
Her background includes work with people facing eating disorders, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), grief and loss, and high-risk thoughts or behaviors. She has experience supporting people navigating HIV/AIDS, gender dysphoria, and issues common in queer and transgender communities. Amanda also addresses concerns like codependency, addiction, body image, and intimacy-related struggles.
In sessions she aims to create an open, nonjudgmental space where difficult topics can be voiced. She uses techniques that center the client's perspective and personal strengths. Sessions are tailored to whatever someone needs at the time, with flexibility as goals shift.
Clients who want a therapist who listens without rushing and who values cultural context may find her approach helpful. Amanda works to help people name patterns, tell their stories differently, and build manageable steps toward change.
How Amanda’s Approaches Shape Online Work
Amanda uses client-centered therapy to focus on each person's experience and priorities, helping people set goals and guide the pace of sessions. Narrative therapy helps people reframe the stories they tell about themselves and spot patterns that feel limiting or painful. These approaches suit concerns like identity struggles, codependency, grief, and relationship patterns.Finding the best approach is a shared process. Amanda will talk with each person about what matters to them, try methods that fit, and adjust based on how things go. The goal is to match techniques to a person's needs, goals, and preferences rather than insisting on one path up front.
The practical benefit of online therapy is that it can fit more easily into everyday life. Confirm the specific session formats before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it simpler to schedule around work, school, or caregiving, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Licensed professionals can use these formats to keep work accessible while focusing on clear steps and goals during each session.
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Experience
8+ years
Credentials
New Jersey
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Amanda commonly address?
Amanda works with a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, eating and food-related issues, addictions, codependency, and intimacy-related problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She practices collaborative, client-centered care that emphasizes personal strengths and cultural context. Amanda adapts methods to each person's needs rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach.
What is her professional background?
Amanda has eight years of clinical experience working with people facing eating disorders, ADHD, grief, high-risk thoughts and behaviors, and issues common among queer and transgender communities.
What credentials and location are listed for her?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in New Jersey.
Which languages are supported and can international clients work with her?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options with the service before booking to see what formats are offered.
How does pricing work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Amanda?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling according to the therapist's availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.