Amanda Perkins, LMHC
Therapist in Florida
Amanda Perkins is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor who helps people handle stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and parenting concerns.
- Licensed inFlorida
- LicenseMH16909
- NPI 1487167441
- Experience10+ years
- LanguagesEnglish
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About Amanda
Amanda Perkins is a Florida-based licensed mental health counselor who helps people handle stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, and parenting concerns. She takes a calm, direct approach so parents can find practical steps that fit daily life. Amanda draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early bonds shape current reactions.
She also uses acceptance and commitment techniques and cognitive-behavioral tools to help people notice unhelpful patterns and try different responses.
Background and approach
Sessions are focused on small, doable changes rather than big, sudden overhauls. Her style is warm and nonjudgmental. Amanda listens, reflects what she hears, and helps clients turn insights into actions.
She often teaches breathing and grounding methods, communication strategies, and ways to manage overwhelming emotions between sessions. With ten years of clinical experience, Amanda has worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and caregiving stress.
She also supports people facing life transitions like career changes, chronic illness, adoption and foster care questions, and aging-related issues. Clients can expect a collaborative process that balances empathy and clear guidance. Amanda aims to help people build self-compassion, stronger communication, and coping skills that make daily life feel more manageable.
Credentials
- LMHC (Florida)
- License MH16909 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1487167441 · national provider identifier
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Amanda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Compassion fatigue
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Amanda names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that translate well to online care
Amanda commonly uses Attachment-Based Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Client-Centered Therapy in her work. Attachment-based ideas focus on how early relationships shape reactions and help people notice patterns in connections with others. ACT teaches skills to accept difficult feelings while focusing on values-based actions to move life forward. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a respectful, empathic stance where the therapist follows the client’s lead and offers steady support.Choosing the right approach is often a collaborative process. Amanda will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what matters most to them, then suggest techniques to try and adjust the plan as progress is made. Clients are invited to give feedback so the work stays relevant and useful.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy family and work routines. Video calls let the therapist and client connect face-to-face when needed, while phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick updates, brief coaching between sessions, or when writing helps process feelings. These options provide flexibility for people balancing children, work, medical appointments, or long commutes.
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Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does Amanda help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting concerns, caregiver stress, and many related topics.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Amanda uses a warm, nonjudgmental approach that blends attachment-focused work with practical strategies from ACT and CBT to help clients try different ways of coping.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience working with a wide range of emotional and life-transition concerns.
Where is Amanda licensed and based?
She is a Florida licensed mental health counselor - LMHC - and provides services from within Florida.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats does she offer?
Amanda offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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