- Stress and anxiety
- Self esteem work
- Practical coping skills
About Amanda
Amanda Cross is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and low self-esteem. She encourages clients to notice strengths they already have and to take small brave steps toward feeling more confident and calm. Her first priority is supporting someone through change in practical, down-to-earth ways.
Amanda draws on two decades of experience in California settings. She centers conversations around each person's story, listening closely and following what matters most to them. She uses straightforward tools from cognitive behavioral ideas to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try different ways of responding.
Alongside those techniques she practices client-centered and existential approaches. That means she asks questions about meaning, values, and purpose while making space for the feelings that come up. Mindfulness skills are used to build attention and reduce the grip of racing thoughts and worry.
Sessions often include goal-setting, simple experiments to test new behaviors, and moments of reflection about what feels important. Amanda also brings motivational interviewing into sessions when people feel stuck or unsure about next steps. Her style aims to be practical, compassionate, and action-oriented.
People contact Amanda for a range of concerns beyond anxiety and grief. She supports caregivers facing stress, those managing chronic illness or pain, people dealing with separation, and individuals seeking clearer direction in young adulthood or midlife. Her approach is about helping each person notice workable options and move forward at a manageable pace.
Amanda draws on two decades of experience in California settings. She centers conversations around each person's story, listening closely and following what matters most to them. She uses straightforward tools from cognitive behavioral ideas to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try different ways of responding.
Alongside those techniques she practices client-centered and existential approaches. That means she asks questions about meaning, values, and purpose while making space for the feelings that come up. Mindfulness skills are used to build attention and reduce the grip of racing thoughts and worry.
Sessions often include goal-setting, simple experiments to test new behaviors, and moments of reflection about what feels important. Amanda also brings motivational interviewing into sessions when people feel stuck or unsure about next steps. Her style aims to be practical, compassionate, and action-oriented.
People contact Amanda for a range of concerns beyond anxiety and grief. She supports caregivers facing stress, those managing chronic illness or pain, people dealing with separation, and individuals seeking clearer direction in young adulthood or midlife. Her approach is about helping each person notice workable options and move forward at a manageable pace.