About Amanda
Amanda Gragg is a licensed mental health counselor with 15 years of experience helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and life changes. She works with clients who are struggling after trauma, dealing with addictions, or trying to rebuild self-worth. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at practical steps rather than jargon.
In sessions Amanda helps people break problems into manageable parts. She uses straightforward tools to reduce overwhelm, improve sleep, and manage mood swings.
Background and approach
She pays attention to how thoughts, habits, and relationships feed each concern. Her work often focuses on improving everyday functioning. That can mean building better communication, reducing isolation, addressing body image or eating concerns, and finding purpose after loss.
Amanda also supports people facing caregiver stress, anger, or impulse challenges. Amanda uses methods like cognitive behavioral work and mindfulness to teach skills people can use between sessions. She also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to set concrete goals and keep momentum.
The aim is steady, realistic progress. Originally licensed as a mental health counselor in Florida and holding a Licensed Professional Counselor credential in Wisconsin, Amanda blends years of practical experience with a patient approach. She meets people where they are and helps them move toward clearer thinking and more manageable days.
How Amanda's Methods Work Online
Amanda often uses cognitive behavioral work to help people identify unhelpful thought patterns and change behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep trouble, and many everyday stressors. Mindfulness therapy helps people notice thoughts and sensations without getting swept up by them, which can reduce reactivity and ease symptoms of stress or trauma.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Amanda will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and preferences. She checks in regularly and adapts the plan as progress or life changes occur, so the therapy stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is low or during a short break at work. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick check-ins, homework support, or keeping momentum between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while keeping focus on clear goals and skill building.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin, Florida
- Languages
- English