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Amanda Perkins, LMHC

  • Experience10 years
  • LocationFlorida
  • Focus areasADHD, Stress and Anxiety, and Family
  • Therapy approachesAcceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment-Based Therapy
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About Amanda

Amanda Perkins is a Florida-licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with a decade of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, mood disorders, and complex emotional challenges including trauma and grief.

Background and approach

She centers care on individual needs and offers focused support for concerns such as relationship difficulties, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and parenting strains while also addressing issues like attachment, chronic illness, and career transitions. Her style blends evidence-informed methods to create a collaborative, compassionate space where clients can explore patterns, build practical coping skills, and strengthen self-awareness.

Rather than a one-size-fits-all plan, she tailors interventions using approaches like cognitive behavioral strategies and emotionally attuned work to help clients find more effective ways to manage emotions and improve communication. Amanda emphasizes resilience and self-compassion as foundations for lasting change, supporting clients through life transitions, identity questions, and challenges tied to grief or trauma.

With a background in varied clinical approaches and ten years of practice in Florida, she offers flexible session formats to meet different needs. Prospective clients can expect a professional yet approachable partnership aimed at developing sustainable strategies and clearer direction for moving forward.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify personal values and take committed steps toward a meaningful life while learning to notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them; this approach is often useful for stress, anxiety, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, offering concrete strategies for managing symptoms of depression, anxiety, and mood instability. Attachment-Based Therapy explores relational patterns formed early in life and how they shape current relationships and emotional reactions, which can be particularly helpful for intimacy issues, attachment concerns, and communication problems.

Choosing the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to assess needs, goals, and preferences and may integrate elements from different methods to create a tailored plan that feels practical and meaningful for the individual.

Online therapy in this practice is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for varying schedules and communication styles. These options allow clients to access care from home or other convenient locations, maintain continuity across life changes, and select the format that best supports their comfort and engagement with therapy.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Amanda commonly address?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, mood concerns like depression and bipolar symptoms, relationship and intimacy-related problems, grief, parenting challenges, compassion fatigue, and ADHD.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
The approach is compassionate and client-centered, combining collaborative exploration with practical techniques drawn from CBT, DBT, ACT, and attachment-informed work to help clients build skills and insight.
What level of experience does she have?
Amanda brings 10 years of clinical experience to her practice, applying a variety of evidence-informed approaches across emotional and life transition concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She holds the credential LMHC and is licensed in Florida under FL LMHC MH16909.
Does she provide services in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
Which session formats are available for working together?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different communication preferences and needs.
How are costs and scheduling handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the process for getting started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSelf esteemCompassion fatigue

Also works with

LGBTRelationship issuesGriefIntimacy-related issuesParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCoachingADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaSomatizationTraumatic brain injuryWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

10+ years

Licensed

Florida

Languages

English

What Amanda can help with

Amanda Perkins works with clients on stress and anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and compassion fatigue.

Amanda works with individuals navigating complex emotional landscapes.

Amanda works with clients addressing anxiety, trauma, and family conflicts.

How Amanda approaches therapy

Amanda's clinical approaches include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, and Jungian Therapy.

Experience and training

Amanda is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Florida, with 10 years of clinical experience.

Therapy style

Amanda aims to help you build self-compassion.