- Collaborative goal setting
- Short-term skill building
- Supportive listening
About Amanda
Amanda Stoner is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She has eight years of clinical experience helping teens and parents with everyday struggles. Amanda focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier at home and in relationships.
Amanda keeps sessions collaborative and straightforward. She listens first, then helps people set short-term goals they can try between meetings. Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, low self esteem, parenting strain, and the emotional fallout of divorce or separation.
She uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and build new routines. Solution-Focused Therapy narrows in on small, workable changes that can produce quick relief. Amanda also draws on psychodynamic ideas when past patterns are getting in the way of present life.
Amanda is comfortable addressing anger, depression, impulsivity, and ADHD-related challenges. She also supports people facing panic attacks, social anxiety, relationship conflict, and issues common to young adults and women. Sessions aim to be practical, with clear steps to try between appointments.
If someone wants to start, Amanda asks them to share what matters most right now. From there she and the client set goals together and choose techniques that fit daily life. She emphasizes respect, curiosity, and realistic plans rather than one-size-fits-all solutions.
Amanda keeps sessions collaborative and straightforward. She listens first, then helps people set short-term goals they can try between meetings. Her work often centers on stress, anxiety, low self esteem, parenting strain, and the emotional fallout of divorce or separation.
She uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thinking and build new routines. Solution-Focused Therapy narrows in on small, workable changes that can produce quick relief. Amanda also draws on psychodynamic ideas when past patterns are getting in the way of present life.
Amanda is comfortable addressing anger, depression, impulsivity, and ADHD-related challenges. She also supports people facing panic attacks, social anxiety, relationship conflict, and issues common to young adults and women. Sessions aim to be practical, with clear steps to try between appointments.
If someone wants to start, Amanda asks them to share what matters most right now. From there she and the client set goals together and choose techniques that fit daily life. She emphasizes respect, curiosity, and realistic plans rather than one-size-fits-all solutions.