Amanda Brumfield , LPCC

Amanda Brumfield is a licensed professional clinical counselor in Ohio with 22 years of experience guiding people through stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life changes. She focuses on women's issues among other concerns and aims to help clients find steady ground during difficult times. Amanda takes a calm, direct approach and listens first to understand each person's needs.

Her sessions are practical and conversational. She helps people develop coping skills for panic, low mood, sleep problems, and addictive behaviors. When trauma or abuse is part of the story, she works at a pace the client can manage and uses techniques suited to resolving painful memories.

Amanda draws on client-centered methods to keep the person’s goals central. She also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to change painful thinking patterns and dialectical behavior tools to teach emotional regulation and distress tolerance. Mindfulness practices are woven into sessions to reduce reactivity and build present-moment awareness.

Her background includes longtime work with mood disorders, ADHD, relationship concerns, grief, and compassion fatigue. Amanda has supported people facing identity struggles, codependency, and feelings of emptiness. She also has experience addressing issues that affect veterans and those with personality-related concerns.

Sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which lets people pick what fits their day. Amanda describes therapy as a team effort - she helps clients set clear goals and try real, usable tools between sessions. Her Ohio LPCC credential is listed as LPCC.

Therapeutic approaches for online care

Amanda commonly blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy. Client-centered work focuses on listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to the client, which helps people feel heard and valued. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical ways to change unhelpful thinking patterns. Dialectical behavior therapy emphasizes emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills useful for intense emotions or relationship struggles.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda works with each person to identify goals and preferences and then adjusts methods over time. She checks in about what's helping and what needs to change so work in therapy stays relevant and useful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and more conversational pacing. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or quick skill practice between longer sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.