Amanda Garcia, LCSW

Amanda Garcia is an LCSW with ten years of experience practicing in Arizona. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, anger, parenting concerns, ADHD, grief, career issues, and other life changes.

Amanda earned her master of social work from Arizona State University in 2012 and advanced from an LMSW to an LCSW to practice independently. She has worked in several settings and has experience supporting people who have experienced domestic violence, physical or emotional abuse, abandonment, extreme poverty, and complicated grief.

Her approach is straightforward and practical. She uses a strengths-based, client-centered style and draws on a range of therapeutic techniques to match the problem at hand. Sessions focus on clear goals, learning practical skills, and discussing what is getting in the way of progress.

People meet her and find a direct, down-to-earth clinician who aims to be nonjudgmental and goal oriented. Amanda emphasizes both mental and physical well-being and frames treatment as problem-solving you can use in daily life.

She collaborates with each person to build a treatment plan rather than following a single set method. That plan can include techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, emotionally-focused work, existential thinking, and client-centered conversations depending on the need.

If someone lives in Arizona and wants to explore talking through anger, trauma, relationship patterns, or mood symptoms, Amanda asks clients to begin by completing the platform questionnaire and scheduling a first session.

How her approaches translate to online sessions