About Amanda
Amanda Burns practices as a licensed professional counselor in Tennessee and brings 15 years of experience to her work. She draws on years in community mental health, school settings, residential treatment, and independent practice to help people who are feeling overwhelmed or stuck. Her style is straightforward and practical, with a focus on immediate coping skills and clearer daily routines.
She began her career after earning a Master of Arts and an Education Specialist degree from Tennessee Technological University.
Background and approach
Early work in Nashville included supervised clinical practice at Vanderbilt Community Mental Health Center and school-based services supporting students with emotional disturbances. That period involved individual and group work plus collaboration with educators to build behavior plans. Over time her caseload broadened to outpatient and residential settings, carrying a focus on trauma, grief, mood concerns, and anxiety.
For several years she ran a solo independent practice suite alongside other mental health professionals, providing ongoing therapy for adolescents and adults. In sessions she uses clear, down-to-earth language. She mixes client-centered conversation with practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and mindfulness.
She also draws from emotion-focused and dialectical ideas when relationships or intense emotions are central. Clients can expect a collaborative process that aims to reduce symptoms and build everyday skills. Amanda helps people address problems like panic, sleep disruption, addiction struggles, caregiver stress, and relationship or communication problems.
She works in English and holds a Tennessee LPC license.
How Amanda's Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's perspective. The therapist reflects what is said and helps people find their own solutions, which is useful when someone feels judged or unheard.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skill work. It looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and offers exercises to change them, which helps with anxiety, depression, panic, and sleep issues.
Dialectical behavior therapy, DBT, brings skills for handling intense emotions and improving relationships. It adds breathing and grounding practices along with concrete steps for better communication and emotion regulation.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client try techniques together and adjust based on what helps most. Goals, preferences, and daily life demands guide which methods are used.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and skill practice. Phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited. Chat or text messaging suits brief check-ins, coaching, or when someone prefers shorter written exchanges. These options make scheduling easier and let people fit sessions into work, school, or caregiving days.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English