Amanda Shaw, LCSW
Calm, practical support for everyday parenting challenges
Explore online therapy options- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Anger management
About Amanda
Amanda Shaw is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Pennsylvania who focuses on helping adults manage stress, anxiety, grief, and parenting concerns. She meets people where they are and offers steady, practical support for everyday struggles. Her approach is calm and direct, aimed at making therapy useful from the start.
With seven years as an LCSW and a longer history in social work, Amanda draws on experience with adults facing major life changes, mood challenges, and relationship stress.
Background and approach
She often helps people who are coping with depression, panic, or compassion fatigue. She also supports those navigating caregiving needs, illness, and end-of-life concerns. Amanda blends client-centered conversations with cognitive behavioral tools and mindfulness practices.
She uses motivational interviewing to explore readiness for change and narrative techniques to reframe difficult stories. Together with each person she picks practical steps that fit their goals and daily life. Sessions typically focus on clear problem-solving, skill building, and small experiments between meetings.
Parents can expect straightforward strategies for stress, boundaries, and improving communication. Work on self-esteem, addiction concerns, intimacy-related issues, or career questions is similarly hands-on and goal oriented. She provides therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
What Amanda works with
Everything Amanda lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Amanda helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Amanda lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Amanda’s Approaches Work Online
Amanda commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online work. Client-centered therapy means conversations center on the person's experience and goals, with the therapist reflecting concerns and priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or panic.Finding the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. Amanda will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they pick strategies to try, track progress, and adjust the plan as needed so the work fits the person’s life.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more adaptable. Video calls let visual cues guide the conversation, phone sessions can be used when internet bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, live chat works for shorter focused exchanges, and text messaging supports ongoing reminders or brief reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between appointments.
Questions people ask about Amanda
What types of concerns does she address?
Amanda works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, addictions, and parenting-related challenges among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centered style with practical tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to keep sessions focused and useful.
What is her professional background?
She has seven years as an LCSW and a longer career in social work supporting adults through life transitions, domestic violence recovery, and grief.
Where is this therapist located and licensed?
She is licensed as an LCSW in Pennsylvania and practices with that credential.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with this therapist?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, fill out the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's listed availability.
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