- Focus on strengths
- Step-by-step help
- Work and wellbeing
About Amanda
Amanda Averill is a licensed social worker who focuses on practical help for everyday struggles. She welcomes people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship strain, or career uncertainty. Amanda presents a calm, direct style that aims to make next steps feel doable rather than distant.
Amanda holds LISW and LICSW credentials and has 10 years of professional experience in clinical settings. She believes each person knows their own story and brings strengths to work from. In sessions she helps people notice those strengths, name problems, and try concrete steps to change what isn’t working.
Her experience includes support for addiction concerns, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and intimacy-related problems. She also works with issues around attachment, abandonment, blended family challenges, fertility and hospice concerns, and body image or self-esteem struggles. Amanda frames hard moments as things that can be addressed in practical ways rather than as fixed traits.
When people arrive feeling stuck after a loss or a big life change, she helps them sort priorities and try realistic coping strategies. For work-related stress and career questions she balances practical coaching with attention to personal values.
Amanda encourages a step-by-step pace. She invites people to try ideas in between sessions and then review what helped and what did not. Her approach is collaborative and aimed at supporting clearer choices and steadier day-to-day functioning.
Practical approaches for online work and wellbeing
Amanda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on clear steps and problem solving. One approach emphasizes identifying current strengths and small, achievable actions to reduce anxiety and build coping skills. This helps when day-to-day stress or panic feel overwhelming and you need manageable tools to get through a week. Another common focus is structured problem solving for life changes, grief, or relationship strain. Sessions look at specific problems, generate options, and test changes in daily routines to see what improves mood or functioning. Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda will collaborate with each person to pick techniques that fit their goals, values, and pace. She checks in on what helps and adjusts methods over time so the plan stays useful. Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and let people keep brief check-ins during a workday break. It can also allow for different ways of connecting when someone prefers not to use video or needs a shorter consult. Check the listed session options to see which formats this therapist offers.Areas of expertise
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Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Ohio, Minnesota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, addiction issues, ADHD, and many related topics such as attachment and blended family challenges.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach is practical and collaborative. She helps people identify strengths, try concrete steps, and review what works between sessions.
How long has she been practicing?
She has 10 years of professional experience working in clinical settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LISW and LICSW credentials and is licensed in Ohio and Minnesota, with practice tied to Ohio for this listing.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients sign up?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and depends on therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.