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LPC

Amanda Hager, LPC

  • Experience8 years
  • LocationNew Jersey
  • Focus areasADHD, LGBT, and Relationship
  • Therapy approachesClient-Centered Therapy and Existential Therapy
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About Amanda

Amanda Hager brings eight years of clinical experience to her New Jersey practice as an LPC, offering a collaborative, individualized approach to therapy. She emphasizes getting to know each person’s unique background, including how culture, community, family systems, and broader social forces shape emotional life and coping.

Background and approach

Her work avoids treating people as a set of symptoms and instead focuses on identifying personal strengths to support lasting emotional foundations and practical change. Hager’s practice includes care for a wide range of concerns such as ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, eating and body image concerns, addictions, and career stress.

She also brings additional focus to areas like kink and alternative sexual cultures, blended family dynamics, gender dysphoria, and HIV/AIDS, tailoring interventions to the realities of clients’ lives. Sessions aim to be open and nonjudgmental, with flexibility in therapeutic style so strategies evolve with the client’s needs over time.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and empathy, inviting clients to lead conversations about what matters most to them while the therapist offers support that aligns with each person’s values and strengths. This approach can be helpful for concerns like depression, anxiety, self-esteem, and identity exploration.

Existential Therapy focuses on meaning, choice, and responsibility, helping people explore questions about purpose, freedom, and how to respond to life’s limitations. It often supports those coping with major life changes, grief, emptiness, or career and identity questions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with clients to determine which methods - whether person-centered listening, existential exploration, or narrative reframing - best fit the client’s goals and preferences, and adjustments are made as needs evolve.

Online therapy with Amanda includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which can provide flexibility for scheduling and daily life demands. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care when travel, work, or other obligations make in-person sessions difficult, while still allowing ongoing therapeutic work and real-time support.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Amanda address?
She works with a broad range of issues including ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related problems, grief, eating and body image concerns, addictions, and career or life transitions.
What is Amanda's therapeutic style like?
The approach is collaborative and person-centered, emphasizing clients' strengths and adaptability while avoiding one-size-fits-all methods.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Amanda has eight years of experience working in clinical settings with diverse presenting concerns and populations.
What credentials and location are on record?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in New Jersey with license number NJ LPC 37PC00884200.
Can people who speak other languages work with her?
Sessions are conducted in English and she is not listed as offering services in other languages.
Are international clients accepted for therapy?
She is not currently accepting international clients and works with clients based on her licensure and availability.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and preferences.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

LGBTRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesDepression

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsFamily conflictsGriefEating disordersSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

BDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommunication problemsDivorce and separationDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexualityVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyExistential TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

8+ years

Licensed

New Jersey

Languages

English