Therapist profile
Amanda Scardino, LPC
Texas
Licensed Professional Counselor - Anger and Relationships
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- CredentialsLPC
- LicenseLPC, Texas / 61565
- NPI1265654198
- Experience25 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationTexas
About
- ACT and CBT
- Mindfulness practice
- Solution-focused work
About Amanda
Amanda Scardino is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Texas with 25 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, parenting pressures, career questions, and changes that come with life transitions.
She offers a straightforward, non-religious approach that many clients find practical. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, doable changes. Communication skills, coping strategies, and realistic planning are frequent topics in her work.
Her clinical toolkit includes Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness practices, Motivational Interviewing, and solution-focused methods. Those approaches are used to help people notice unhelpful patterns, test new behaviors, and align actions with personal values.
Amanda centers an affirming approach for LGBT people and aims to reduce shame and isolation. She works with adults who want practical ways to reduce reactivity, manage frustration, and improve connections with others.
Over the course of her career she has guided people through depression, ADHD-related challenges, and parenting stress. Sessions tend to be goal-oriented and conversational, with an emphasis on skills people can use between meetings. Prospective clients who want to try her work are invited to follow the site's intake steps to schedule an initial session.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Amanda draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in ways that work well in an online setting. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, which can be practiced between sessions. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors, making homework and brief check-ins useful between meetings.She also uses mindfulness techniques to help reduce reactivity and increase present-moment awareness. These are taught in short exercises and practiced regularly to reduce impulsive responses and manage anger or anxiety in daily life.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda collaborates with each person to see which methods fit their needs and goals. Together they set practical objectives and adjust methods over time based on what helps most.
Session format details are not specified here, so confirm the available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals often use these benefits to help clients practice skills in real situations and follow up between appointments.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Texas
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
Amanda works with stress, anxiety, anger, relationship and intimacy concerns, grief, parenting pressures, career issues, self-esteem, depression, coping with life changes, ADHD, and LGBT-related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses a practical, goal-oriented approach that emphasizes skills practice, communication strategies, and behavior changes rather than long interpretive work.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of clinical experience as a Licensed Professional Counselor.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds LPC credentials and practices in Texas.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered to international clients and are conducted in English.
What session formats are offered?
Session formats are not listed here; confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment work?
Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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