Amanda Phillips, LICSW, LISW

Amanda Phillips is a licensed clinical social worker with two decades of experience. She is licensed in Alabama and Iowa and focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety. Amanda works with individuals facing relationship strain, trauma, and intimacy concerns. She also supports people dealing with depression, grief, sleep problems, and parenting strain.

Her approach starts by treating each person as the expert on their own life. Amanda looks for strengths people already have and helps them use those strengths to meet current challenges. She listens closely and creates a calm space for honest conversation.

She draws on practical methods such as cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness-based work to help people shift difficult thoughts and behaviors. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live by their values when life feels overwhelming. Elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy and the Gottman Method are available when they fit a person’s goals.

Amanda has worked with veterans and people affected by domestic violence and post-traumatic stress. She has twenty years of experience in a range of clinical settings, which informs how she tailors care to each person’s situation. Her style blends direct skills practice with supportive listening.

Taking the first step can feel hard, and Amanda acknowledges that courage. She encourages people to move at a pace that feels manageable and to focus on one change at a time.

How Amanda Uses Evidence-Informed Approaches Online

Amanda integrates cognitive behavioral tools and acceptance-based work to help people change unhelpful thought patterns and act in ways that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and adjusting thoughts and behaviors that maintain anxiety and depression. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes noticing difficult feelings, clarifying personal values, and taking small steps toward a meaningful life.

Finding the best approach is part of the work together. Amanda collaborates with each person to test strategies and decide which methods fit their goals and daily life. Clients shape the pace and focus, and adjustments are made as new challenges arise.

Session format details should be confirmed before booking since the biography does not list specific online options. Online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy week, allow for brief check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It also lets people practice skills in the settings where they live, which can help make changes stick.