About Amanda
Amanda Mills is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) based in Ohio. She offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, substance concerns, or major life changes. Amanda keeps sessions straightforward and focused on what matters to each client.
Amanda earned a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health and has practiced since 2017. She has experience in inpatient care, intensive outpatient programs, outpatient groups, and independent practice settings.
Background and approach
That variety helps her tailor sessions to different needs and life rhythms. In session she uses clear, evidence-based ideas such as cognitive behavioral strategies and acceptance-based methods. She also draws on attachment-focused work and client-centered listening to understand how past relationships shape current struggles.
Sessions aim to identify practical steps clients can try between meetings. Her background includes work with depression, anxiety, grief, mood disorders, relationship and intimacy concerns, and substance use issues. Amanda also supports people dealing with caregiver stress, adoption and foster care questions, family of origin issues, and career or identity questions.
She treats each person as an individual and emphasizes collaboration. Together she and the client set goals, try approaches, and adjust based on what helps. Sessions are offered in English and are available through video, phone, chat, or messaging formats.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Amanda uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. CBT sessions often include specific exercises and short tasks to practice between meetings, which adapt well to video or messaging check-ins.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients clarify values and accept difficult feelings while taking meaningful action. ACT can be taught through conversation, worksheets, and brief at-home experiments that suit phone or chat follow-ups.
Finding the best approach is a team effort. Amanda will talk with each person about their goals, daily routines, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they pick strategies and adjust them over time so sessions feel relevant and doable.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different needs. Video calls provide face-to-face conversation for deeper work. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit during a break. Live chat or text-based messaging works well for brief check-ins, homework reviews, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to keep steady progress while fitting therapy into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Ohio
- Languages
- English
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