Amanda Marvin

Amanda Marvin is a licensed clinical social worker with 11 years of experience based in North Carolina. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and life changes. Amanda creates an affirming and compassionate space where clients can talk through difficult moments and begin to make practical changes.

She emphasizes clear communication and building self-understanding. Sessions often center on practical skills for coping, strengthening relationships, and improving self-esteem. Amanda works from approaches that help people notice what matters to them and build steps toward that life.

Her background includes experience supporting people with trauma, grief, addiction, and mood conditions such as bipolar disorder. She also addresses challenges related to blended families, commitment and communication problems, dissociation, and family of origin issues. Amanda has a history of supporting LGBTQ+ clients and those facing HIV and AIDS related concerns.

Therapy draws on a mix of proven methods like cognitive behavioral tools, mindfulness practices, acceptance strategies, and skills from dialectical behavior approaches. Amanda aims to match techniques to a person’s needs rather than use a single method for everyone. The emphasis is on small, workable steps clients can use between sessions.

Her goal is to help people build resilience and clearer choices when stress, anger, or big transitions get in the way. To begin, interested people complete a short questionnaire and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

How Amanda’s approaches shape online therapy

Amanda integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. ACT helps people clarify their values and take small steps toward them, which can be useful for coping with anger and life transitions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms.

She also draws on mindfulness practices to help people notice their reactions without immediate judgment. Mindfulness can support stress management, reduce reactivity, and make emotion regulation more manageable in daily life.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. Amanda will collaborate with each person to decide which techniques fit their goals and preferences. That might mean trying one method for a few sessions and adjusting over time based on what helps.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins from different locations. Some people find phone or video sessions helpful when they need a quicker check-in or when scheduling around work and family demands.