- Warm and direct
- Skill focused
- Evidence informed
About Amanda
Amanda Vaughan is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with 13 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She also supports those coping with trauma, grief, intimacy-related issues, addiction concerns, and challenges around self-esteem and life changes. Amanda writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters to each person.
Her style is warm, direct, and nonjudgmental. Sessions focus on practical skills that can be used between meetings. She often teaches mindfulness practices to increase awareness and make other coping tools more effective.
Amanda uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She incorporates dialectical behavior therapy skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when needed. Existential ideas are used to look at meaning, values, and choices in life.
Her background includes work in crisis intervention, group therapy, and intensive mental health treatment settings. That experience shapes a steady, organized approach to care. Amanda adapts the methods she uses to the needs and goals each person brings to sessions.
She works with a wide range of concerns including compassion fatigue, attachment issues, body image, blended family challenges, substance use, gender dysphoria, BDSM and kink related topics, and communication or commitment problems. People who want straightforward guidance and practical tools often do well with her approach.
Therapeutic approaches and online work
Amanda often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify patterns of thinking that contribute to distress and to try practical behavior changes that can improve daily functioning. She also uses dialectical behavior therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness when emotions feel overwhelming. Mindfulness practices are used alongside these methods to increase moment-to-moment awareness and make other skills more useful.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda will work with each person to learn about their goals, preferences, and challenges, then tailor techniques and pacing to fit. She checks in over time and adjusts what she uses so sessions stay relevant to the person's needs.
If you are considering online sessions, please confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when that helps, and remove travel time. It can also let people use phone or lower-bandwidth options when that is more practical. Amanda aims to help clients build skills they can use between sessions and will discuss how remote sessions can support those goals.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Amanda focus on?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, trauma, grief, addictions, intimacy issues, and self-esteem challenges.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, nonjudgmental, and direct, with an emphasis on teaching usable coping skills and mindfulness practices.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Amanda has 13 years of experience, including crisis intervention, group therapy, and intensive mental health treatment settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds an MA and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) practicing in Massachusetts.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions scheduled and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.