Amanda Perkins, LMHC

Amanda Perkins is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who helps people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, and relationship struggles. She focuses on clear, practical steps clients can use day to day. Sessions aim to help people build self-compassion, stronger communication, and coping skills for hard moments.

Amanda uses straightforward, person-centered care to create a calm, nonjudgmental space. She listens for what matters most and helps clients set realistic goals. Therapy can include learning tools for anxiety, skills for managing intense emotions, or ways to rebuild confidence after loss or difficult events.

Her background includes ten years of clinical experience working with a wide range of concerns. Those include depression, bipolar challenges, grief, parenting strain, caregiving stress, chronic pain and illness, and ADHD. She also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment-related concerns, blended family challenges, and body image.

Amanda draws on several approaches to match the person and the problem. That means using acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values, cognitive behavioral strategies to spot thinking patterns, or attachment-based work to improve how people relate to others. Dialectical ideas and client-centered listening are also part of her toolbox.

If you want practical emotional skills and a steady ally during life transitions, Amanda offers a collaborative, down-to-earth style. Prospective clients can expect a gentle mix of listening, feedback, and real-world skills to try between sessions.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Amanda commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her practice. ACT helps people clarify their values and take small, meaningful steps toward them while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce anxiety and improve mood.

She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy when relationship patterns are central to the issue. That approach looks at how early and current relationship experiences affect trust, closeness, and communication, and helps people try new ways of relating in present relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each client about their goals, preferences, and what techniques feel most useful. That collaborative process helps pick strategies to try and adjust them over time.

Confirm the available session options before booking, as formats are set by the therapist. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and let people use techniques in the moments they matter most. Licensed professionals adapt tools like ACT and CBT for remote sessions so clients can practice skills between meetings and bring real-life examples into the work.