LMHC
Amanda Perkins, LMHC
- Experience10 years
- LocationFlorida
- Focus areasStress and Anxiety, Family, and Trauma and abuse
- Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Amanda
Amanda Perkins is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor with ten years of experience supporting people through anxiety, trauma, family conflict, and self-esteem struggles. She emphasizes a compassionate, individualized approach that helps clients uncover inner strengths and build practical coping strategies.
Background and approach
Amanda draws from a range of evidence-informed methods to tailor care to each person's needs while attending to life transitions and complex emotional concerns. Her practice focuses on creating a welcoming, nonjudgmental space where clients can explore feelings, process past wounds, and work toward clearer self-understanding.
Amanda offers help with stress, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD and bipolar-related challenges, caregiving strain, and other areas that impact daily functioning and wellbeing. She aims to empower people to increase self-compassion, improve communication, and develop sustainable habits for emotional resilience.
How Therapeutic Approaches Shape Online Care
Internal Family Systems (IFS) helps people understand and dialogue with different parts of themselves, identifying protective and wounded aspects to reduce internal conflict and promote self-leadership. This approach can be useful for addressing trauma responses, anxiety, and complicated emotional patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to meaningful actions, which often helps with stress, anxiety, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns formed in close relationships and aims to strengthen emotional bonds and improve interpersonal safety and communication, making it helpful for relationship and intimacy-related concerns.Choosing the right approach is often collaborative; the therapist will work with the client to determine which methods best match goals, preferences, and presenting issues. That process may involve trying different techniques, adjusting pacing, and combining elements from multiple models to support progress.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and access. These options let clients fit therapy into busy schedules, continue care during life changes, and select the communication format that feels most comfortable for them while working with licensed professionals.
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Amanda address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, parenting challenges, ADHD, bipolar concerns, career stress, and many additional areas listed in her profile.
What is Amanda's therapeutic style like?
Her style is compassionate and client-centered, offering a collaborative atmosphere where clients explore experiences and develop practical strategies for growth.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Amanda has ten years of experience providing mental health support and applying multiple therapeutic approaches to meet diverse needs.
Where is Amanda licensed and what are her credentials?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida with the credential FL LMHC MH16909.
Can non-English speakers schedule sessions with her?
Sessions are offered in English only, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for online work?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different preferences and schedules.
How are costs and billing handled?
Rates vary based on location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Amanda?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to her availability.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
LGBTRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingADHD
Additional focus areas
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems
Experience
10+ years
Licensed
Florida
Languages
English