Amanda Sholty, LCSW

Amanda Sholty is an LCSW who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, addiction concerns, grief, and life changes. She offers steady, respectful support for people coping with low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, parenting challenges, career shifts, anger, and trauma. Amanda speaks plain language and focuses on what matters most to each person who comes to her.

Amanda has worked in community behavioral health, domestic violence services, healthcare settings, and with veterans. She also provides support and assistance for caregivers of people living with dementia. Those experiences shape how she understands real-life worries and daily pressures.

Her style centers the person in front of her. She uses a person-centered, strengths-based approach that starts with the client's goals. Sessions tend to focus on building practical skills, improving communication, and setting clear boundaries when those are needed.

Amanda draws from approaches such as acceptance and commitment therapy, attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral ideas, the Gottman Method, and client-centered therapy. In practice she helps people test new ways of responding, name what matters most, and take small steps toward change.

Clients work collaboratively with Amanda to pick what fits best. She aims to make therapy feel manageable and relevant to daily life. To begin, people select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Therapeutic approaches to use online and how they help

Amanda draws on acceptance and commitment therapy and attachment-based therapy as central tools in her work. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choosing actions that match what matters most. This can help with anxiety, avoidance, and addictive behaviors. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationships shape current bonds and trust, and it can be useful for improving intimacy and repairing communication patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy itself. Amanda works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods fit best based on their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress and challenges emerge.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce commute time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. They also let people work with licensed professionals from their everyday routines while focusing on practical skills, emotional processing, and relationship work without forcing a specific mode of delivery.