- Codependency focus
- Skill-based tools
- Short actionable steps
About Baotran
Baotran Amanda Nguyen is a licensed therapist who helps people managing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and codependency. She uses a calm, straightforward style and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions. Amanda holds both LMFT and LPCC credentials and works from a perspective that respects each person's story and pace.
She draws on a mix of familiar approaches to shape therapy. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with clearer ones. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for regulating intense emotions and handling conflict. Client-Centered Therapy keeps the conversation focused on a person's own goals and values.
Amanda has four years of clinical experience in California. She has worked with people facing depression, bipolar concerns, ADHD, addiction, and trauma-related issues. Her background includes supporting those coping with parenting stress, relationship problems, and life changes such as grief or caregiving for chronic illness.
In sessions she aims for clear, usable strategies. People can expect to talk through patterns, try small experiments between visits, and build skills for handling intense feelings and relationship challenges. She also uses motivational interviewing and narrative therapy tools when they fit the situation.
Amanda offers therapy in English and asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire when they start. Her practice operates with sessions tied to a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How Amanda Uses Therapy Approaches Online
Amanda commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviors to change how you feel. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. DBT teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, reducing impulsive reactions, and improving communication during conflict situations.She also works from a Client-Centered perspective that keeps the work focused on a person's goals and values. Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Amanda will discuss options with each person and tailor sessions based on symptoms, goals, and what feels most useful to them.
If you are considering online therapy, check which session formats the therapist currently offers before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins on difficult days, and reduce travel time. It also lets people practice new skills in familiar routines and follow up more consistently between sessions.
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Experience
4+ years
Credentials
California, California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
Amanda supports people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, relationship and family problems, grief, intimacy issues, parenting challenges, bipolar, ADHD, and codependency among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a practical, person-focused approach. Sessions aim to clarify goals, talk through patterns, and build skills that people can try between visits.
What is her professional background?
She has four years of clinical experience in California and has worked with people with depression, bipolar concerns, ADHD, addiction, and trauma-related issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LMFT and LPCC credentials and practices in California with those designations listed as CA LMFT and CA LPCC.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking to learn which formats are offered for appointments.
How does payment work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule 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.