- Practical coping tools
- Focus on relationships
- Trauma informed care
About Amanda
Amanda Pisark is an LCSW who supports adults facing stress, grief, relationship strain, and life transitions. She offers a calm, listening presence and helps people notice how thoughts and feelings affect daily life and relationships. Her style is straightforward and practical, focused on small steps that can make everyday life feel more manageable.
She draws on seven years of experience that include social work in hospice care and retirement communities. That background shaped her focus on caregiving stress, aging and geriatric issues, chronic illness and pain, and the grief that follows loss. Amanda also helps people dealing with anxiety, depression, codependency, trauma and abuse, and career or communication challenges.
In sessions she starts by asking what brought a person to therapy and what they hope to change. Goals are set together so the work fits each person’s life. Most sessions are conversational, with Amanda asking questions and offering observations to help people see patterns in their thoughts and behavior.
She teaches coping techniques and practical tools to use between visits. Clients may be given short exercises to practice that support the goals discussed in session. Over time these skills are meant to reduce overwhelm and improve relationships and daily functioning.
Amanda aims to move at a pace that feels manageable. She focuses on helping people understand themselves better, clarify what they want, and take steps toward those changes.
How Amanda’s Approaches Translate to Online Work
Amanda uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy in her practice. ACT helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then focus on actions that match their values. That approach can help with anxiety, depression, and feeling stuck during life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early connections shape current relationships and emotional responses; it can be useful for intimacy issues, communication problems, and codependency.Choosing the right method is part of the work. Amanda will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest ways of working that fit. Decisions about which approach to use are collaborative and can change as people make progress or face new challenges.
Confirm the available session formats before booking because they are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow a quicker check-in when stress is high. It also lets people use techniques and homework in the settings where they live and work, which can speed up learning and change. Licensed professionals can help tailor sessions so the work fits daily life and goals.
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Experience
7+ years
Credentials
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Amanda often address?
She helps people with relationship strain, family conflict, grief, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, codependency, caregiver stress, and life transitions.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Sessions are conversational and collaborative. She asks questions, offers observations, and works with clients to set goals and practice skills between visits.
What kind of background does she bring to therapy?
Amanda spent years as a social worker in hospice care and retirement communities, which informs her work with aging issues, caregiver stress, grief, and chronic illness.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is licensed as an LCSW in Pennsylvania and provides services from that location.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified here; please confirm current session options before booking to know how sessions are delivered.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist 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.