- Collaborative approach
- Skills focused
- Warm and conversational
About Amanda
Amanda Potts is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania who helps people facing stress, anxiety, sleep problems, anger, depression, and parenting strain. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem challenges, and issues related to identity and discrimination. Her style is warm and conversational, and she aims to make it easier to talk about hard things.
She has seven years of clinical experience in settings such as corrections, crisis counseling, and primary care. That background includes three years working with youth involved with the justice system. Those roles shaped the straightforward, practical way she approaches sessions.
Amanda emphasizes collaboration. She treats each person as the expert on their own life and looks for strengths to build on. Sessions are intended to feel relaxed and nonjudgmental so people can speak honestly about their goals and setbacks.
Her work often uses skills-based approaches to change thinking and behavior, manage strong emotions, and build coping strategies. She also brings mindfulness and motivational methods into the work to help with focus, impulse control, and follow-through on goals. Sleeping and rest concerns are addressed alongside mood, stress, and daily routines.
Amanda welcomes clear, honest conversations about what someone hopes to get from therapy. She thanks people for taking the step to reach out and aims to make the therapy process practical and doable in everyday life.
How Amanda's approaches fit into online therapy
Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy alongside mindfulness techniques to help people manage mood, stress, sleep, and impulsive reactions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing different behaviors to change mood and function. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and panic symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches practical emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills; it can help when anger, intense mood swings, or impulsivity are a concern.Selecting the best approach is a shared process. Amanda talks with each person about their goals, symptoms, daily routine, and what has or has not worked before. She will suggest methods to try and adjust them based on feedback so the work matches the client’s needs and preferences.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session options before booking since formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. It also makes it possible to use worksheets, guided mindfulness, and behavioral experiments between sessions to support changes in sleep, mood, and day-to-day functioning.
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Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Credentials
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Amanda commonly address?
Amanda helps people with stress, anxiety, sleep problems, anger, depression, ADHD, relationship and family issues, trauma, grief, self-esteem, and related concerns such as smoking or vaping cessation and first responder issues.
What is Amanda's therapy style like?
Her style is laid back, warm, and conversational. She works collaboratively and focuses on practical skills that people can use between sessions.
What background does she bring to sessions?
She has seven years of clinical experience in corrections, crisis counseling, and primary care, including three years working with justice system involved youth.
What credentials and location are listed for Amanda?
She holds the LPC credential, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and practices in Pennsylvania.
Which languages does she offer therapy in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does billing and cost work for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Amanda?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.