- Years in practice
- 8
- Credentials
- LMFT
- Licensed in
- California
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Amanda
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 individuals manage stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, relationship concerns, and everyday life changes. Amanda favors practical, goal-oriented work that parents can use between sessions.
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She meets people where they are and partners with them to clarify goals. Sessions often include brainstorming solutions, trying small behavior changes, and checking what helped since the last meeting.
Background and approach
Amanda commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify patterns of thinking and behavior that maintain distress. She also draws on solution-focused methods to create short-term, actionable steps people can try right away. These approaches aim to reduce overwhelm and increase manageable progress.
She brings psychodynamic ideas into work when background patterns or relationship histories are relevant to current problems. That can help people understand repeating patterns and make different choices moving forward. Amanda accepts a range of concerns including ADHD-related struggles, parenting strain, anxiety disorders, anger, low self-esteem, and issues that come up around separation or divorce.
Her clients typically want clear steps, realistic goals, and a supportive therapist who listens and helps plan next moves.
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Anger management
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Impulsivity
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Amanda lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Psychodynamic 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 uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused Therapy to guide online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thought patterns and tests new behaviors to reduce anxiety, panic, or low mood. Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, practical steps that move a person toward their goals and is useful for quick problem solving around parenting strains or life transitions.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video calls make it possible to see body language and do more interactive work. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a quiet check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share short updates, try coaching between sessions, or check in when describing something in writing feels easier.
Questions people ask about Amanda
What kinds of issues does Amanda address?
She works with stress, anxiety, parenting challenges, relationship concerns, depression, self-esteem, anger, ADHD, and related issues like divorce or separation.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. She partners with clients to set goals, brainstorm solutions, and try small changes between sessions.
How much clinical experience does Amanda have?
She has eight years of experience as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist working in California.
Where is Amanda licensed and based?
She is a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and practices in California.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients schedule with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is available as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button and complete the short matching questionnaire to schedule.
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