Amanda Stoner

Amanda Stoner is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She brings eight years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and parenting concerns. Amanda aims to meet clients where they are and partner with them to set realistic goals.

Her approach is practical and goal-oriented. Amanda uses solution-focused techniques to identify small, immediate steps that fit into a person’s life. She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.

Amanda emphasizes a collaborative tone in sessions. She helps people brainstorm options, try new strategies, and track what works. Sessions are conversational and grounded in real-life challenges like work stress, relationship tension, and navigating separation.

She also brings psychodynamic ideas into the work when helpful, looking at recurring patterns that may come from past relationships and life events. This can help explain why certain responses - like impulsivity or strong anger - keep happening.

People who come to Amanda often want practical tools and clearer thinking around intense emotions. She supports clients through transitions, parenting strain, ADHD-related challenges, and social anxiety by combining short-term problem solving with attention to longer patterns.

Approaches that shape online work

Amanda uses Client-Centered Therapy to keep the session focused on the person’s experience. This approach means the therapist listens closely, follows the client’s concerns, and responds with empathy to build trust and clarity.

She also regularly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). CBT helps people identify patterns of thinking and behavior that make stress, anxiety, or anger worse, and then try concrete alternatives. It is useful for panic, social anxiety, impulsivity, and self-esteem struggles.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals and preferences. That might mean trying short, solution-focused steps first and adding deeper psychodynamic reflection later if it seems helpful.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking so you know what Amanda is offering. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Therapists can use the same CBT exercises and solution-focused planning online as they do in person, and the team approach helps tailor sessions to what actually helps in everyday life.