Therapist profile
Amanda Dodd, LCSW
Virginia
Virginia LCSW - Anger and Relationships
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- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, Virginia / 0904010173
- NPI1134635295
- Experience14 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationVirginia
About
- Client-centered care
- CBT and DBT skills
- Kink friendly
About Amanda
Amanda Dodd is a Virginia licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 14 years of professional experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship strain, sleep problems, and life changes. She also supports people coping with addiction, grief, self-esteem concerns, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
She practices from a client-centered perspective and uses cognitive behavioral techniques and dialectical behavior skills when helpful. Sessions focus on practical skills and straightforward conversation. Amanda offers both faith-based and secular approaches and describes herself as kink-friendly, poly-friendly, and sex-positive.
In the room she treats each person as the expert of their own story. She helps identify strengths, set small goals, and try concrete strategies for managing emotions like anger and frustration. Homework and behavior-based experiments are common when someone wants tools they can use between sessions.
Amanda also addresses attachment and abandonment concerns, blended-family stress, body image, caregiver strain, chronic illness and pain, and substance use issues. She works with intimacy-related questions and the sexual culture topics listed in her profile with direct, nonjudgmental language.
Her style is direct and practical. Conversations often include skill practice, mindfulness techniques, and motivational interviewing to help people clarify what matters most and move toward it. People leave sessions with clear next steps and small experiments to try in daily life.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches Amanda uses in online work
Amanda uses Client-Centered Therapy, which emphasizes listening, validation, and building on a person’s own strengths to set goals and solve problems. This approach helps when someone wants practical support and clearer direction rather than a prescriptive plan.She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to spot unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and to practice alternative responses. CBT is often useful for managing anger, anxiety, sleep problems, and low mood because it focuses on doable skills and homework. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques are used for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, offering concrete tools for handling intense feelings without making things worse.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress is made. Conversations are practical and geared toward measurable steps rather than vague promises.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove the need to travel to an office. Therapists and licensed professionals often use a mix of conversation, skills practice, and short exercises adapted for the online setting to help people manage anger and stress in everyday life.
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Experience
14+ years
Listed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Questions
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What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, sleep issues, relationship and intimacy concerns, addictions, grief, self-esteem, career strain, and related areas listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic approach and style?
Her practice is client-centered and practical, using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques alongside mindfulness and motivational interviewing when useful.
How much experience does she have?
Amanda has 14 years of professional experience working with adults in clinical settings and private practice.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Virginia LCSW, licensed in the state of Virginia.
Which languages are supported and can she work with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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