About Amanda
Amanda Elliott is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Maine who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She centers sessions on each person's experience and strengths. Amanda believes people already hold pieces of the solution and offers steady support while they try new ways of coping.
Her approach is straightforward and practical. She uses client-centered methods to listen and follow what matters most to the person in the room.
Background and approach
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking and practice small changes that can improve daily functioning. Amanda also brings trauma-focused work into sessions when past harm affects current life. That can mean pacing conversations, teaching grounding skills, and building safety around difficult memories.
She aims to make space for painful experiences while helping people regain control over everyday life. People reach out to Amanda for a wide range of concerns, including relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, career challenges, and attention-related struggles such as ADHD. She also addresses issues like low self-esteem, panic, and compassion fatigue for those in caring roles.
With four years of clinical experience, Amanda offers a calm and empathetic presence. She supports clients as they set goals, try tools between sessions, and track what works. Her style is collaborative, patient, and focused on practical steps toward better day-to-day coping.
Using practical approaches online to manage stress and trauma
Amanda uses client-centered therapy to build a trusting, collaborative conversation where the person's priorities lead the work. This means sessions focus on what the client wants to change and the counselor follows their concerns while offering reflection and validation.She also draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to map out patterns between thoughts, feelings, and actions. CBT helps people spot unhelpful thinking, practice small behavioral experiments, and develop skills to reduce anxiety, depression, and attention-related challenges like ADHD symptoms.
Choosing the best approach is a joint process. Amanda discusses options, checks what feels manageable, and adjusts methods based on the person's goals and preferences. That way the plan grows from collaboration rather than assumption.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video works well for in-depth conversation and learning new skills. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or messaging can support brief check-ins, homework, or faster problem-solving between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while staying consistent with treatment goals.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Maine
- Languages
- English
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