Amanda Smith, LCSW

Amanda Smith is a licensed clinical social worker in Florida with five years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. She aims to make beginning therapy less overwhelming by offering a calm, nonjudgmental space for honest conversation.

In sessions she listens first, then works with clients to set clear, practical goals. She adapts her approach to each person instead of using a single method for everyone. Conversations focus on everyday steps that can reduce anxiety, manage anger, and build confidence.

Amanda draws on several well-known approaches to guide sessions. She may use techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas can help people notice values and move toward them with small actions.

She also incorporates solution-focused and existential perspectives when they fit a client’s needs. That might mean mapping strengths, trying brief experiments between meetings, or talking through questions about meaning and choice.

Amanda encourages collaboration: clients and therapist decide what to try together. She emphasizes steady progress over quick fixes and supports practical steps people can use in daily life.

How Amanda Uses Evidence-Based Methods Online

Amanda often draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her online work. ACT focuses on identifying personal values and taking small, meaningful actions toward them while accepting difficult thoughts and feelings. CBT helps people spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors to reduce anxiety and low mood.

Finding the right method is part of the work. Amanda treats approach selection as a collaborative process. Together with each person she will test techniques, notice what helps, and adjust methods to match goals and preferences.

If you are considering online therapy, check which session formats are offered before booking since session options are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove the need to travel to appointments. The focus will remain on practical skills, goal-setting, and actions people can use between sessions to manage stress, anger, and trauma-related symptoms.