Amanda Dodd, LCSW

Amanda Dodd is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with fourteen years of experience helping people manage anxiety, depression, stress, and life transitions. She uses practical tools and clear conversation to help clients make small, steady changes. Amanda is comfortable offering faith-based or secular care and describes her practice as kink-friendly, poly-friendly, and sex-positive.

Amanda emphasizes a client-centered approach that treats each person as the expert on their own life. Sessions focus on real problems and workable strategies rather than jargon. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills and mindfulness practices are used when emotional regulation and stress tolerance are priorities. Motivational Interviewing helps people facing addiction or readiness challenges to clarify what matters most and take small steps forward. Amanda adapts methods to the needs and goals of each person.

She has experience addressing relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, caregiver strain, body image and sexuality, grief, and chronic health issues. Amanda also helps with anger, career questions, ADHD, and coping after separation or loss. Her style is direct, respectful, and nonjudgmental.

People who choose Amanda can expect practical skill-building, conversational check-ins, and collaborative planning. Sessions aim to leave clients with specific tools to use between meetings and a clearer sense of next steps.

How Amanda's Approaches Work Online

Amanda often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and acting. CBT is practical and goal-oriented, and it can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and stress.

She also draws on client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening, empathy, and working at the client's pace so they can name goals and priorities. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills may be added when emotional regulation, distress tolerance, or strong mood swings are present, offering concrete tools for handling intense feelings.

Finding the best approach is part of the work. Amanda will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then try methods that fit. She collaborates on a plan and adjusts it over time so therapy stays useful and relevant.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow real-time conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be lower bandwidth, chat works for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or medical schedules while still using evidence-informed methods.