Hi there! I’m Amanda, and I like helping people understand themselves better.

I have always been drawn to questions about human behavior: What drives our choices? Why do we respond the way we do? How do our relationships, environments, and past experiences shape who we become? In therapy, I bring that curiosity into a down-to-earth, collaborative space where clients can better understand themselves and begin building more adaptive habits that support meaningful change.

My clinical style is warm, honest, evidence-based, and rooted in genuine human connection. I draw from approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), EMDR, Brainspotting, attachment-based work, and trauma-informed care. While I work with a wide range of clients, I am especially passionate about supporting women and girls across the lifespan as they navigate anxiety, OCD, intrusive thoughts, trauma, attachment wounds, ADHD, autism, disordered eating, motherhood, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, identity shifts, and major life transitions.

I have completed advanced training in the treatment of OCD, including exposure and response prevention therapy through the Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety at the University of Pennsylvania. I have also received specialized education in maternal mental health and perinatal mood disorders through Postpartum Support International. I am an EMDRIA-trained EMDR therapist and am also trained in Brainspotting, both of which can support clients in processing trauma, distressing memories, attachment wounds, and nervous system responses. I am committed to using evidence-based care while honoring each client as a whole person, not a diagnosis or set of symptoms.

Outside of therapy, you can usually find me trying to keep my plants alive, collecting spooky and bizarre little trinkets, or spending time with my family. I am originally from Texas and have lived all over the United States. In spring 2024, life brought me to South Carolina, where I settled in the Columbia area.