Amanda Berger-Semko

Amanda Berger-Semko offers a calm, steady presence for people feeling overwhelmed by life’s pace. She invites clients to pause, tell their story, and make sense of strong feelings like anger, grief, anxiety, or the strain of big life changes. Amanda writes in a warm, approachable style and encourages people to bring what matters to them into the room. With 17 years as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Amanda has worked in schools, churches, courts, community programs, and private practice. That variety means she has experience hearing many kinds of life stories and practical problems. She helps people notice patterns that get in the way and find clearer, more workable ways forward. Amanda uses relationship-focused approaches such as attachment-based work and client-centered methods to create a thoughtful space for exploration. She also draws on mindfulness and existential ideas to help people discover meaning, values, and what matters next. These approaches are woven into sessions to match what an individual needs. Sessions tend to be conversational. Amanda listens, asks questions, and offers reflections that help people see things differently. She supports people working through anger, trauma and abuse, relationship challenges, addiction concerns, parenting stress, sleep and eating issues, mood differences, and ADHD-related struggles. Based in New Jersey, Amanda accepts clients who prefer English and will work with international clients. She describes therapy as a shared journey and aims to help people find more purpose, balance, and self-understanding.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Amanda combines attachment-based work and client-centered care with mindfulness practices to help people sort through difficult emotions and strained relationships. Attachment-based work focuses on how past and present relationships shape how someone reacts and connects; it can be useful for addressing anger, intimacy-related concerns, and family of origin issues. Client-centered therapy centers the person's own goals and experience, offering a listening space where the therapist reflects what is said and helps clients notice their own answers. Mindfulness tools are practical ways to manage stress and strong emotions by training attention and noticing bodily signals. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda treats therapy as collaborative and will help figure out which methods suit a person's goals, needs, and preferences. She adapts what she uses as the relationship and the work evolve. Because session logistics are not specified in the biography, confirm available session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, or offering a way to meet from another location. These practical benefits often help people maintain consistency and bring therapy into their everyday routines.