Amanda Whichard, LPC, LPC-MHSP

Amanda Whichard is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and major life changes. She has six years of experience and works from the view that clients know their own stories and strengths. Amanda aims to offer steady support as people take steps toward a more fulfilling life.

She approaches sessions with practical tools and a focus on everyday thoughts and habits. That includes working on how thoughts influence feelings and actions, building skills to manage overwhelming emotions, and finding small routine changes that make days easier. Amanda explains ideas simply and helps clients try them in real life.

Her background includes work with mood disorders such as depression and bipolar conditions, as well as challenges like panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive patterns, and ADHD-related struggles. She also addresses caregiver stress, compassion fatigue, codependency, and problems that come from family of origin or relationship strain.

Amanda uses methods drawn from cognitive behavioral approaches, dialectical behavior strategies, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. These are used to break down problems into clear steps and practice new responses.

She is licensed in Mississippi and Tennessee as MS LPC and TN LPC-MHSP. Sessions are conducted in English. To begin, readers are invited to use the site Start Therapy button to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability.

Approaches you can use in online sessions

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, looks at how thoughts shape feelings and actions. It breaks concerns into smaller parts and teaches simple exercises to change unhelpful thinking patterns, which can help with anxiety, depression, and everyday stress.

DBT, or dialectical behavior therapy, emphasizes emotion regulation and skills for handling intense feelings. It offers step-by-step techniques for coping when emotions overwhelm and for improving communication in strained relationships.

EMDR is a method used to process traumatic memories so they feel less distressing. It can be useful for people who have persistent trauma-related reactions that get in the way of daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda will collaborate with each person to choose which methods fit their needs and goals, and she adjusts strategies as progress is made.

If you are interested in online sessions, confirm which session formats the therapist currently offers before booking. Many people find online therapy helps fit sessions into busy lives, makes it easier to schedule check-ins on a lunch break, or allows for shorter or more frequent appointments when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT, DBT, and EMDR techniques to work well in remote sessions.