Amanda Elliott , LCPC

Amanda Elliott is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Maine. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and related struggles. Her approach centers on listening first and building on each person's strengths to find workable change.

Amanda sees therapy as a collaborative process. She encourages clients to name goals and to move at a pace that feels manageable. Sessions focus on practical steps people can try between meetings as well as understanding patterns that keep problems going.

Her work draws on client-centered principles, which means she follows the client's lead and pays attention to what matters most to them. Amanda also uses cognitive behavioral strategies to identify thoughts and behaviors that contribute to worry or low mood. For people affected by traumatic events, she incorporates trauma-focused methods to help reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.

She has four years of professional experience as an LCPC and brings that background to common concerns such as panic, grief, relationship and family issues, parenting strain, career stress, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. Amanda also supports people navigating eating concerns, bipolar symptoms, ADHD, and compassion fatigue.

People who identify as women will find her comfortable addressing women's issues alongside other life challenges. Sessions are offered in English and can take place through video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the format chosen.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Amanda uses client-centered therapy, which means she follows the client's lead, listens closely, and helps people identify what matters most to them and how they want to move forward. This approach is useful for building trust and clarifying personal goals.

She also applies cognitive behavioral therapy, a practical method for spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce worry and low mood. CBT often includes short exercises and clear steps clients can try between sessions.

For those affected by trauma, Amanda uses trauma-focused therapy to address symptoms tied to past events and to support safer daily functioning. These methods are aimed at reducing reactivity and improving coping with reminders of trauma.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda treats the choice of method as a collaborative decision based on a person's needs, goals, and preferences. She will talk through options and adjust plans as progress is made.

Online therapy offers practical benefits for people with busy lives or limited travel options. Video calls let the conversation feel most like in-person work, phone sessions can fit a break at work or require less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging are useful for brief check-ins or when writing feels easier. These formats make it simpler to maintain regular contact and try new skills between sessions.