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Amanda Van Milligan, LMHC
Indiana
Licensed Mental Health Counselor - Anxiety and Stress
See online therapy options- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Solution-Focused techniques
- Client-centered support
About Amanda
Amanda Van Milligan is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Indiana with 10 years of clinical experience. She helps people with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, grief, parenting strains, relationship and family problems, trauma and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing career questions, anger, and life transitions.
Amanda uses straightforward, practical techniques in sessions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. She also uses client-centered and solution-focused ideas to keep work focused on the person's goals and strengths.
Her background includes work across outpatient, inpatient, intensive outpatient, and hospital emergency settings. That range means she is familiar with both short-term problem solving and more ongoing support. She aims to match the approach to what a person needs that week.
Sessions are conversational and task-oriented. People can expect to identify small, testable changes between meetings and to review what worked. Amanda will talk through coping skills, communication strategies, and ways to reduce distress in everyday moments.
She values direct feedback about what is and isn't helping. Over time she and the person refine techniques and priorities. The focus stays practical: clearer thinking, calmer reactions, and better routines that fit daily life.
How Amanda’s approaches translate to online work
Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot patterns of thinking that increase stress and anxiety, then practice different responses in daily life. CBT is practical and problem-focused, often useful for anxiety, low mood, and managing unhelpful habits.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy ideas, which emphasize listening and building on a person's strengths to set the pace of work. Solution-Focused Therapy helps keep sessions goal-oriented by identifying small, achievable steps and tracking progress week to week.
Choosing the right approach is part of the early work. She will collaborate with each person to decide which methods to try, adjust them based on feedback, and focus on short exercises that fit the client's goals and schedule.
Confirm the specific session formats available before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow brief check-ins or focused skills practice when needed. It can also let therapists and clients try tools like thought records or behavioral experiments between meetings to track what changes are helpful.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Indiana
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Amanda address most often?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, parenting stress, relationship and family problems, trauma and compassion fatigue, plus related issues like guilt, shame, and isolation.
How does she use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in sessions?
She uses CBT to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and behaving. Sessions include practical exercises to try between meetings.
What is her clinical background?
She has 10 years of experience and has worked in outpatient, inpatient, intensive outpatient, and hospital emergency settings.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is an LMHC licensed in Indiana and practices from that state.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats are available for scheduling.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe, use the crisis numbers.