About Amanda
Amanda Zepeda is a licensed mental health counselor in New York with ten years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, or depression. Amanda also supports clients facing workplace strain, compassion fatigue, and issues related to sexual orientation and identity.
Her sessions are conversational and practical. She uses straightforward tools to help people manage panic, reduce negative thinking, and build day-to-day coping skills.
Background and approach
Amanda aims to make each plan fit the person, not the other way around. People often come with questions about relationships, communication problems, loneliness, or life purpose. Amanda listens for what matters most and then helps identify small, doable steps toward change.
She pays attention to how prejudice, seasonal changes, and discrimination can affect mood and motivation. Her approach includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. Amanda works with clients on issues like social anxiety, panic attacks, and workplace stress using tools they can practice between sessions.
Sessions are centered on respect and compassion. Amanda tailors conversations to each person’s needs and goals. She encourages realistic progress and helps people notice improvements in everyday life.
CBT and practical approaches for online care
Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT teaches concrete skills for managing anxiety, panic attacks, and mood shifts with exercises to practice between sessions.Her online work emphasizes clear, goal-oriented steps. She helps clients test new ways of thinking, try small behavioral changes, and track progress together. Deciding which approach to use is collaborative - Amanda will talk through options and tailor methods to each person’s needs, goals, and preferences.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited and are useful for check-ins. Live chat and text messaging let people send brief updates or work through thoughts between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum on practical skills work.
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- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English