About Amanda
Amanda Leftridge is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on helping people get through hard periods. She offers steady support for stress, anxiety, grief, depression, ADHD, and relationship and intimacy concerns. Amanda is LGBTQIA+ friendly and aims to treat everyone with respect and compassion.
She draws on short-term and longer-term approaches to make therapy practical. Sessions often include mindfulness to calm the mind and cognitive techniques to shift unhelpful thinking.
Background and approach
She also uses solution-focused strategies to set small, achievable goals and psychodynamic ideas to understand patterns that repeat over time. Amanda has three years of clinical experience and spent two years working in a cancer center. There she provided case management and mental health services to oncology patients and their loved ones, including people facing hospice care and end-of-life needs.
That work informs how she supports people dealing with serious illness, caregiving stress, and grief. Her practice includes help for people living with chronic illness, chronic pain, HIV/AIDS, and co-morbid conditions, as well as those facing career strain, compassion fatigue, and sleep challenges. She works across the lifespan and welcomes clients who want practical skills and steady emotional support.
Amanda tailors plans to each person’s needs. She partners with clients to set realistic goals, build coping skills, and track progress over time. She aims to make therapy a respectful, nonjudgmental space to work through life’s difficulties.
Therapeutic approaches and online options that fit your life
Amanda often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing them into more useful ways of thinking. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, ADHD-related struggles, and sleep concerns.She also incorporates Mindfulness Therapy to help people build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Mindfulness practices can be useful for managing stress, grief, and ongoing physical health challenges.
Finding the right approach is a process, and Amanda works collaboratively to choose what fits best. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and past experiences to shape a plan that feels doable and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow a face-to-face conversation when deeper interaction is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, quick coaching, or when you need ongoing support between scheduled sessions.
These formats make it possible to fit therapy into busy lives, manage energy during illness, or keep regular contact while traveling or living abroad. Amanda uses these options to help clients stay consistent with their plans and practice new skills over time.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- First responder issues
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
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