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Amanda Cross, LCSW
California
LCSW - Stress and anxiety support
See online therapy options- CBT strategies
- Mindfulness practice
- Caregiver stress
About Amanda
Amanda Cross is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California with 20 years of professional experience. She helps people manage stress and anxiety, cope with grief and loss, build self-esteem, and navigate life changes. Her work also addresses compassion fatigue and motivation concerns.
Amanda focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. She listens to each person’s story and helps identify unhelpful thoughts and habits. Then she suggests experiments and small behavior changes to test what works in daily life.
Sessions typically involve clear goals and short-term strategies alongside deeper conversations about meaning and values. Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice thinking patterns and Mindfulness to slow down intense feelings. She also draws on Client-Centered and Existential ideas to honor each person’s perspective.
She has experience supporting people coping with caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, divorce and separation, and family of origin issues. Other focus areas include isolation and loneliness, life purpose, veteran and armed forces issues, post-traumatic stress, pregnancy and childbirth, women’s issues, self-love, and young adult concerns.
Amanda encourages straightforward, concrete work. Expect a mix of talking, skill practice, and brief assignments. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session to set goals and priorities.
How Amanda uses her approaches in online sessions
Amanda commonly blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered work in practical ways. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing alternative responses through concrete exercises and homework. This is useful for anxiety, stress, and low mood. Client-Centered work places the person’s own goals and perspective at the center of sessions, helping clarify what matters and why changes feel important.She also uses elements of Existential therapy to talk about life meaning and values when that is helpful. Those conversations look at choices, priorities, and how people want to spend their energy. Amanda frames decisions and techniques as collaborative options to try rather than fixed prescriptions.
Confirm the specific session formats before booking, since the biography does not list them. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. A therapist can suggest phone or video options depending on what the client prefers and what works best for the planned work. Amanda will help decide together which approaches and session arrangements match each person’s goals and daily routine.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
20+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue, plus related concerns like caregiver stress and chronic illness.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?
She uses CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new responses through small behavioral experiments and practical exercises between sessions.
What is her professional background?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of professional experience working with a range of stress and life-change issues.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is licensed in California as an LCSW and practices with that credential in mind.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to set goals and priorities.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
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