Amanda Dunn , LPC

Amanda Dunn is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado with eight years of experience in mental health. She works with people dealing with anxiety, stress, depression, and trauma. Amanda also supports clients facing parenting challenges, relationship concerns, sleep problems, and issues related to gender and sexual identity. She practices in English.

Her approach is warm and client-centered. Sessions focus on what matters most to the person who comes in. Amanda draws from practical tools to help people manage intense feelings, improve communication, and build routines that support better sleep and mood.

She commonly uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot unhelpful thinking and change behavior. Amanda also offers mindfulness practices to ease stress and improve focus. For people processing trauma, she can work with EMDR to address painful memories.

Amanda pays attention to relationship patterns and communication. She uses Gottman-informed ideas to help people talk about intimacy, BDSM and kink topics, and non-monogamous arrangements in clearer, safer ways. The goal is to improve connection and reduce conflict.

The first sessions are practical and collaborative. Amanda listens, asks about goals, and suggests small steps to try between meetings. She emphasizes honesty and steady progress rather than quick fixes.

People often come for help with compassion fatigue, identity questions, dissociation, panic, and life changes. Amanda works with these concerns by tailoring strategies to each person and reviewing what’s helping over time.

How Amanda’s approaches translate to online therapy

Amanda uses client-centered work to focus on each person’s needs and goals. This approach means sessions start with listening and building a plan that fits the client. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify thoughts and habits that keep problems going, and then replace them with concrete actions to feel and function better. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can be offered for people processing traumatic memories and aims to reduce the intensity of painful recollections.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda will talk with the client about what feels most useful, try methods together, and adjust based on how the work is going. Decisions about which techniques to use are made with the client’s goals and comfort in mind.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and screen-sharing for worksheets. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, written exercises, and ongoing contact between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.