Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
How Amanda works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Virginia
- Years in practice
- 14
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Amanda
Amanda Dodd is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Virginia with 14 years of experience. She offers a direct, person-focused approach and believes people know their own story and strengths. Amanda works with adults on concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, sleep problems, anger, and substance use.
She provides both faith-based and secular care and is sex-positive, kink-friendly, and poly-friendly. In sessions she starts by listening closely to what matters most.
Background and approach
She helps people name priorities and set small, practical goals they can use between meetings. Techniques come from proven approaches like cognitive behavioral methods and mindfulness, but the tone is collaborative rather than prescriptive. Amanda also draws on skills from dialectical behavior strategies and motivational interviewing to address patterns that keep problems repeating.
That can mean practicing emotion regulation skills for anger, adjusting unhelpful thinking for mood, or building better communication habits for relationship stress. She meets each person where they are and adapts tools to real life. Her background includes long-term clinical work with a range of challenges, from chronic health and caregiver stress to addiction and grief.
Amanda pays attention to identity and to sexual and relationship diversity, and she helps people explore those areas without judgment. People who choose her often want practical steps and steady support. She aims to make change feel manageable by focusing on clear skills and achievable steps.
The work is paced to each person’s needs and life demands.
What Amanda works with
Everything Amanda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Amanda's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Amanda lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches to Anger, Anxiety, and Practical Skills Online
Amanda uses client-centered methods that focus on the person’s goals and strengths. That approach means sessions begin with asking what matters most and building treatment around those priorities rather than a fixed script. It helps people feel heard and keeps work relevant to daily life.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. CBT offers concrete tools for challenging unhelpful thoughts, changing behaviors, and improving sleep, mood, and anger control. Dialectical behavior therapy is another key tool she uses for emotion regulation and distress tolerance; DBT supplies step-by-step skills for coping with strong feelings and reducing impulsive reactions.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda will work with each person to try methods, see what helps, and adjust the plan over time based on goals and feedback. That partnership shapes how sessions proceed and which skills get emphasized.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited, chat can be a quick check-in, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep continuity between meetings.
Questions people ask about Amanda
What concerns does Amanda commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, sleep issues, anger, addiction, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, grief, and related issues.
What is Amanda’s general therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and person-centered. She listens first, then offers practical skills drawn from CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Amanda has 14 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and community care.
Where is Amanda licensed and based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Virginia and practices from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only and international clients are not accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist’s availability.