Amanda Perkins

Amanda Perkins is a licensed mental health counselor in Florida who helps people manage strong emotions and everyday stress. She works with individuals facing anxiety, depression, grief, anger, relationship strain, and life transitions. Her tone is straightforward and caring, aimed at people who want clear steps and steady support.

Amanda builds a calm, nonjudgmental space for conversations. Sessions focus on practical skills and on understanding how past experiences shape current reactions. She uses straightforward techniques to reduce overwhelm, improve communication, and increase emotional awareness.

Her background includes ten years of clinical experience across a variety of concerns. That experience informs a flexible approach that draws from different methods to match a person’s needs. Amanda pays attention to how attachment and life history affect behavior and relationships.

In session she helps clients notice patterns, test new ways of responding, and set realistic goals. She supports people working through trauma, caregiving stress, identity questions, and parenting challenges. Amanda also addresses professional stress and issues like burnout and compassion fatigue.

She explains therapy in plain language and partners with each person on a plan that fits their pace. Amanda works in English and practices as an FL LMHC. Prospective clients who want to begin are invited to complete the site's matching questionnaire and schedule a session.

Therapeutic approaches and working online

Amanda often draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it is useful for stress, anxiety, and values-driven change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood and to build practical coping skills.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda will discuss options with each person and choose methods together based on goals, preferences, and responses to therapy. This collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what actually helps the individual make changes.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the specific session formats before booking since they are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so therapy fits around work or family commitments. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT techniques for remote sessions to practice skills between meetings and track progress over time.