- Strengths based
- Skill focused
- Compassionate support
About Amanda
Amanda Whichard is a licensed professional counselor with six years of experience working in Mississippi and Tennessee. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and big life changes. Amanda emphasizes the client’s own strengths and supports people who want a more fulfilling life.
Her style is supportive and practical. Sessions focus on straightforward skills people can use between meetings. She listens for where patterns cause pain and helps clients try new ways of responding to stress, relationships, and mood ups and downs.
Amanda uses a mix of evidence-informed approaches. She often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts. She also uses mindfulness skills to build tolerance for difficult feelings and tools from dialectical behavior therapy to manage intense emotions.
For clients with trauma or distressing memories, she incorporates EMDR-informed ideas when appropriate. Motivational interviewing guides conversations about change, especially when someone feels stuck or unsure about next steps.
Her work includes support for people dealing with caregiver stress, codependency, communication problems, career concerns, and mood disorders. Amanda frames therapy as a collaboration where the client’s goals guide the plan. To start, she asks questions about current struggles and what a better life would look like.
How Amanda Uses Therapy Methods Online
Amanda commonly integrates cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness into her work. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviours that keep stress and depression going. Mindfulness therapy teaches noticing thoughts and feelings in the moment so they feel less overwhelming.She also draws on eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for trauma-related material. EMDR-informed approaches aim to reduce the intensity of distressing memories so they interfere less with daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda will talk with each person about goals, try techniques, and adjust plans based on what helps most. This collaborative process helps match methods to the client’s needs and preferences.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm which session formats are offered before booking since formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use quieter surroundings or reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT, DBT skills training, mindfulness practices, and EMDR-informed processing to remote sessions when appropriate.
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Experience
6+ years
Credentials
Mississippi, Tennessee
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Amanda help with?
Amanda supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and major life changes. She also works with mood disorders, ADHD, codependency, caregiver strain, and relationship or communication problems.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is supportive and practical. Sessions focus on building concrete skills and small steps that fit into everyday life.
What background and experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience and has worked with clients on trauma, grief, anxiety, and coping with life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds an MS and is credentialed as an LPC and LPC-MHSP. She is licensed in Mississippi and Tennessee and practices in Mississippi.
Which languages are used in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options when scheduling.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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