- Practical emotion skills
- Values-focused work
- Grief support
About Amanda
Amanda Miller-Hodges is a licensed counselor who helps people manage anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and overwhelming emotions. She offers steady, practical support when life feels confusing or heavy. Amanda writes plainly and listens closely to what matters most to each person. She has 15 years of experience working with trauma, addiction, parenting concerns, and mood disorders in Florida.
Her approach combines short-term skills with deeper work on values and meaning. She uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Mindfulness practices and Motivational Interviewing are woven into sessions to help people stay present and strengthen motivation for change.
Amanda also has training that focuses on grief and loss, and she helps people find ways to cope and create meaning after difficult experiences. She pays attention to how relationships and past attachments shape present struggles, including issues related to codependency and abandonment.
Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. Amanda supports practical steps people can try between meetings, such as building emotion regulation skills or trying new communication strategies. She encourages small, steady changes that fit into everyday life.
Her background includes work in outpatient settings, intensive outpatient programs, and skills groups. The mix of experience shapes a flexible style that adapts to each person’s needs while keeping clear, realistic goals in view.
How therapy approaches shape online care
Amanda brings tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy into her work. CBT helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce anxiety and depressive patterns. DBT focuses on skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving interpersonal effectiveness, which is useful for intense emotions and relationship struggles.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Confirm the specific online session options before booking because formats are not listed in the biography. In general, remote sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter or more frequent check-ins when useful, and reduce travel time. Some people find phone sessions easier when bandwidth is limited or when they prefer not to be on camera, while video can help with nonverbal communication. Amanda will help match session length and pacing to what works in daily life.
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Experience
15+ years
Credentials
Florida, Georgia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Amanda help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, addiction, parenting strain, ADHD, and related problems such as codependency and abandonment.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are collaborative and straightforward, mixing skill teaching with values-based work. Practical tools and short-term goals are paired with deeper exploration when needed.
How much experience does she have?
Amanda has 15 years of clinical experience working in outpatient settings, groups, and intensive outpatient programs.
What credentials and location information apply?
She holds the credentials LMHC and LPC and practices in Florida.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the therapist's biography does not specify formats.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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