- CBT methods
- DBT skills
- EMDR options
About Amanda
Amanda Whichard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and LPC-MHSP licensed in Mississippi and Tennessee with six years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and life changes. Her practice also addresses relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, career issues, mood disorders, ADHD, and guilt and shame.
Amanda approaches therapy as a collaborative process. She treats clients as the experts in their own stories and draws on their existing strengths. Sessions focus on practical steps and skills people can use between meetings. She emphasizes straightforward, respectful conversation rather than jargon or long lectures.
Her work uses a mix of evidence-based tools to help manage symptoms and respond to difficult memories. Amanda includes methods aimed at changing unhelpful thinking, building emotional regulation skills, and addressing traumatic memories when needed. She also integrates motivational techniques to support decision making and action steps.
People meet her to talk through grief, panic, intrusive thoughts, compulsions, or the weight of past mistakes. She supports clients coping with caregiver stress, codependency, communication breakdowns, or major life transitions. Sessions often include goal setting, skill practice, and reflection on how past patterns influence current choices.
Practical matters are part of the work. Amanda notes that therapy takes courage and she helps clients take small next steps. To begin, visitors follow the site process to complete a short questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How Amanda uses therapeutic approaches online
Amanda frequently draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce anxiety and improve mood. CBT offers concrete exercises and homework that can be practiced between sessions to build new habits.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. DBT skills can be useful for intense emotions, impulsivity, and relationship challenges, and are taught in short, focused lessons that clients can apply day to day.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is another option she includes for addressing traumatic memories. EMDR involves structured processing aimed at reducing the emotional charge of painful memories, typically introduced when the client and therapist agree it is appropriate.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda collaborates with clients to decide which methods fit their goals and comfort level. She checks in about what is working and adjusts the plan as needed so the work remains practical and manageable.
If you are considering online sessions, confirm the available session formats before booking as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions around daily life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so therapy fits into a busy schedule.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Mississippi, Tennessee
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, life changes, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, mood disorders, ADHD, and guilt and shame.
How would she approach feelings of shame or guilt?
She uses practical strategies to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop skills for managing strong emotions, often combining skills practice with reflective work on past events.
What is her professional background?
She has six years of professional experience and practices as an LPC and LPC-MHSP licensed in Mississippi and Tennessee.
Where is she based and licensed?
She is based in Mississippi and holds LPC and LPC-MHSP credentials, with licensure in Tennessee as noted.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the US work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions arranged and paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.