Amanda Gale, LCSW, CSW-PIP

Amanda Gale is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who focuses on practical, goal-oriented therapy. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. She brings 12 years of clinical experience and a background in social work to each session.

Amanda likes short, focused plans that get results in weeks rather than years. She often works in 8 to 12 session blocks to teach coping skills and build confidence. After that she can continue to offer supportive care if needed.

Her work centers on day-to-day stressors and real problem solving. Common concerns she addresses include anxiety, depression, stress, relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, self-esteem, and addiction issues. She also supports people facing career struggles, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and life transitions.

Amanda uses a person-centered, strengths-based stance. That means she helps people identify existing strengths and build on them. Sessions focus on practical skills - for example communication strategies, emotion regulation tools, and routines that reduce overwhelm.

She includes approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy when they fit a person's needs. Amanda treats therapy as a collaborative process - she helps people choose a plan that fits their goals and life. Her practice welcomes English-speaking and international clients and is based in South Dakota.

Practical therapy approaches you can use online

Amanda commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people address unhelpful thoughts and patterns. CBT focuses on identifying and changing thought and behavior patterns that contribute to anxiety or low mood, while ACT teaches acceptance of difficult feelings and commitment to actions that match personal values. She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy when relationship patterns and emotional connection are central concerns, helping people notice how past attachments influence current relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda treats therapy as a collaborative process and will help figure out which methods fit each person's goals and preferences. Together she and the client choose practical tools and a timeline that make sense for the issues at hand.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into daily life. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports shorter, ongoing coaching-style interactions. These options give flexibility for different schedules, quieter surroundings, and varying comfort with being on camera.