Hi! I’m Amanda.
I’m a therapist, a former teacher, an overthinker, and someone who knows what it’s like to feel completely overwhelmed by life.
When I first went to therapy, I was stuck. Small things, like going to the grocery store, felt daunting. Even the idea of chatting with the clerk could feel draining. I second-guessed everything: my decisions, my worth, my relationships. I wanted connection but found myself dating people who couldn’t commit… or worse, people who treated me like I didn’t matter. Deep down, I wasn’t sure I did.
Bit by bit, therapy helped me rebuild my relationship with myself. I began to understand why I felt the way I did, started untangling old patterns, and learned to be less at war with my thoughts and emotions. I found tools that helped me manage my anxiety rather than be ruled by it. I stopped trying to perform my way into being enough and instead started actually believing I was.
These days, my life looks different. Not perfect, but more grounded. I’m married to a secure, supportive partner, and together we have a daughter and two dogs who fill our home with both chaos and love. I still make to-do lists (and include tasks like “brush teeth” to feel accomplished on the more chaotic days), and I’ve had a meditation practice for years — though I often fall off for a month or two when life gets busy. I still feel anxious sometimes. I still doubt myself at times. But I know how to work with those feelings now. And that’s what I help my clients do, too.
I work with smart, sensitive women who are ready to stop seeking external validation and start building self-trust, self-acceptance, and deeper connection in their relationships. My clients have often done a lot of inner work already — the books, the podcasts, the journaling — but they’re tired of doing it all alone. In therapy, we explore the root of your patterns so you can finally feel at home in your own life.
MY BACKGROUND AND THERAPEUTIC APPROACH
My approach is compassionate, collaborative, and trauma-informed. I believe that therapy works best when it’s a safe, non-judgmental space where you can show up exactly as you are: anxious, unsure, messy, real. I draw from a mix of evidence-based modalities including EMDR, DBT, CBT, and psychoeducation on the nervous system to help you understand why certain patterns show up and how to shift them with kindness rather than shame.
I’m trained in EMDR and have worked extensively with trauma, anxiety, and relational wounds. I integrate nervous system education into our sessions because I believe that understanding how your body and brain respond to stress can be deeply empowering. Healing doesn’t just happen in the mind, but in the whole system.
Before becoming a therapist, I was an elementary school teacher, a role that shaped so much of how I practice today. It taught me the power of patience, humor, structure, and meeting people exactly where they are. I bring that same steady, grounded energy into my therapy work, creating a space where you can feel safe to explore, feel, and grow at your own pace.
I’ve supported clients navigating anxiety, low self-worth, attachment wounds, people-pleasing, life transitions, and the lingering effects of trauma. No matter what brings you in, I believe in your capacity to heal and in the value of having someone by your side as you do.
If you’re tired of feeling like you’re too much, not enough, or never quite getting it right, therapy can help. I’d be honored to walk that path with you.
Let’s talk — you don’t have to figure it all out alone.
You don’t have to keep doubting yourself or seeking validation from others.
Therapy can help you build self-trust, confidence, and a sense of inner peace. If you're ready to start this journey, I’d love to support you.