Amanda Sims-High, LCSW, CSW, MD, LCSW-C

Amanda Sims-High is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who brings 27 years of experience to sessions. She focuses on practical help for stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, anger, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns. Amanda writes plans to match each person's needs and talks in clear, direct terms so people can use what they learn right away.

She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy to shape her work. That means sessions often look at how thoughts affect feelings, focus on what matters to the client, and set concrete steps for change. Conversations are collaborative and oriented toward real-life problems like communication, blended family challenges, divorce and separation, or coping with life transitions.

Amanda has a long background that includes 23 years of military service, which informs her understanding of veteran and armed forces issues. She also addresses domestic violence, infidelity, and family of origin concerns with a straightforward approach. Her experience includes a range of clinical settings over nearly three decades.

Clients can expect a respectful and sensitive tone in sessions. Amanda adapts pacing and techniques to each person's situation and goals. She aims to help people build practical skills and clearer ways to handle everyday stressors.

She practices from Maryland and conducts work in English. Amanda emphasizes steady, doable change rather than quick fixes and supports people as they take the next steps toward a more manageable life.

Approaches you can use in online sessions

Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thought patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, or anger. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new, more helpful ways of thinking that lead to clearer choices in daily life.

She also practices Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the conversation on your priorities and pace. This approach emphasizes empathy and listening so people can find their own solutions, especially when facing relationship or family concerns.

Solution-Focused Therapy is used to set short-term, achievable goals and identify steps that make a fast, practical difference. It is useful for parenting challenges, communication problems, blended family issues, and times of transition.

Amanda works collaboratively to find the best approach for each person. She will discuss goals, preferences, and how each method might fit, and then adjust the plan as progress is made.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets you use visual cues during conversations, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging allows short, ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and maintain steady progress.