Amanda Whichard

Amanda Whichard is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and LPC-MHSP practicing in Mississippi with six years of experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and major life changes, and lists life purpose among her focus areas. Amanda supports clients facing mood disorders, relationship strains, career doubts, ADHD concerns, and caregiver stress. Her approach centers on practical, skill-based work. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are offered for emotional regulation and distress tolerance. She also incorporates Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing for processing traumatic memories when appropriate. Amanda believes clients know their own stories and brings that perspective into sessions. Conversations aim to clarify next steps, practice coping skills, and reduce overwhelming feelings. Sessions mix problem-focused work with tools to manage day-to-day stress and decision points. Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She listens to immediate concerns, helps set short-term goals, and returns to what’s most pressing each week. Practical homework and real-world skills are common parts of the process. People who are unsure what comes next often seek help for midlife questions, career transitions, or a sense of being stuck. Amanda offers structured methods to sort priorities, manage emotions, and take workable steps forward. To begin, the site’s matching process is used to schedule an initial session and set the direction for ongoing work.

How her approaches translate to online work

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on spotting patterns of thought and behavior that keep problems going and practicing alternatives. It is helpful for anxiety, depression, stress, and practical life decisions. DBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions, improving interpersonal effectiveness, and tolerating distress without making things worse. EMDR, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, involves structured processing of traumatic memories and can reduce the hold those memories have on day-to-day life. Amanda may use EMDR techniques when trauma processing is needed alongside other methods. Finding the best approach is part of the work together. She will talk through symptoms, goals, and preferences and then recommend which methods to try first. That recommendation can change as needs evolve, and decisions about pacing and focus are made collaboratively. Confirm the specific session formats before booking since formats were not listed in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into workdays, reduce travel time, and allow short check-ins when schedules demand quick support. Some approaches lend themselves to skill practice and homework that fit well into weekly online sessions, while trauma processing can be paced to match the client’s readiness.