About Amanda
Amanda Miller-Hodges is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, bipolar challenges, and ADHD. She speaks directly about managing intense emotions, relationship strain, and life transitions so daily life feels more manageable. Her tone is practical and hopeful, with a focus on small changes that add up.
She uses clear, skills-based work in session. People learn ways to notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and emotion regulation skills are used to reduce overwhelm and impulsive reactions. Therapy also covers communication skills and how to rebuild a sense of purpose after loss or big change. Her background spans 15 years in clinical settings across Florida.
That experience includes individual work and group programs, and she has led outpatient skills training groups. Amanda holds the LMHC and LPC credentials and brings a hands-on style to problem solving. Sessions blend practical exercises with conversation.
She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. The mix is adapted to each person's needs and pace. Parents and adults who feel stuck or spread too thin often find the step-by-step focus useful.
Therapy aims to reduce symptoms and improve daily routines, relationships, and mood. Amanda helps people build routines and skills that fit real life. Starting is straightforward: a short matching questionnaire connects people to scheduling options and the therapist works with them to set realistic goals.
The approach is collaborative and paced to what the individual can manage.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Amanda often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical steps to change unhelpful patterns.She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills such as mindfulness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance to reduce intense reactions and improve coping. Together these approaches provide concrete tools for handling anxiety, mood shifts, impulsivity, and relationship stress. Amanda works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level, adjusting the mix as progress is made.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit care into busy schedules. Video works well for hands-on skill practice and role play. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text let people touch base between sessions or communicate when typing feels easier. These options give flexibility while keeping the focus on building skills that help in everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Georgia
- Languages
- English
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