Amanda Reid, LPC

Amanda Reid is an LPC who prefers to be called Mandy. She offers a warm, down-to-earth approach that focuses on what each person needs right now. Amanda aims to help people build coping skills, find steadier routines, and move through difficult life changes like midlife transitions.

Amanda draws on client-centered principles to make sessions feel collaborative and respectful. She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavior changes. Dialectical behavior techniques are woven in to teach emotional regulation and distress tolerance skills.

Her background includes work as a substance abuse counselor and roles in a group home and a mental health hospital. That experience shaped how she supports people facing addiction, trauma, and intense mood struggles. Amanda has eight years of clinical experience and focuses on practical tools that can be used between sessions.

Typical concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, anger, and coping with life changes. She also helps with parenting stress, relationship communication problems, body image, chronic illness, caregiver strain, and issues related to abandonment or adoption and foster care.

Amanda holds a Master’s degree in Licensed Professional Counseling from Liberty University and is licensed as an LPC. She practices in South Carolina and frames therapy as a partnership where clients set goals and Amanda offers guidance, skills practice, and encouragement to reach them.

How Amanda's approaches translate to online work

Amanda frequently uses client-centered methods and cognitive behavioral therapy in her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and collaborating so people feel heard and can set their own goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors to find small, practical changes that reduce distress and improve daily routines.

She also incorporates dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation and coping with intense feelings are priorities. DBT adds concrete skills for managing strong emotions, tolerating distress, and improving interpersonal effectiveness.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Amanda will work with each person to try techniques and decide what fits best for their goals and needs. This is a team effort where goals, preferences, and the pace of change guide which tools are used.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, shorten travel time, and allow for more flexible scheduling. It can also let people practice skills between sessions in the settings where they live and work.