Amanda Whichard, LPC, LPC-MHSP
Mississippi · 6 years in practice
Amanda Whichard is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and major life changes.
License and registration
- LPC, Mississippi
- 3280 · expires June 2027
- LPC-MHSP, Tennessee
- 5462 · expires May 2027
- NPI
- 1558920108 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Amanda
Amanda Whichard is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and major life changes. She practices from a strengths-based perspective and emphasizes helping people find practical steps forward. Amanda brings six years of clinical experience and works to create a calm, steady presence during difficult conversations.
She believes the person in therapy knows their story best. That means Amanda listens first and helps clients identify what they already do well.
Background and approach
From there she offers clear tools to reduce panic, manage mood shifts, and handle day-to-day stressors. Amanda uses a mix of approaches including cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness practices to help people change patterns that cause pain. She also uses elements of dialectical behavior methods to teach emotion regulation and distress tolerance skills.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is part of her toolbox for processing traumatic memories. Sessions are practical and goal oriented. Amanda often pairs short exercises with discussion so clients leave with something they can try between meetings.
She supports people working through relationship strain, career concerns, caregiver stress, and identity questions. Amanda holds a Master of Science and practices as an LPC and LPC-MHSP. She offers services from Mississippi and conducts sessions in English.
Her approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Amanda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Amanda names
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches for online healing
Amanda combines cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness techniques to help people change unhelpful thoughts and build steady habits. CBT focuses on identifying patterns that fuel anxiety or depression and replacing them with clearer actions. Mindfulness practices teach simple awareness skills to reduce reactivity and improve focus.She also uses EMDR as a method to address distressing memories when they get in the way of daily functioning. EMDR involves guided attention to help the brain process upsetting events so they feel less overwhelming. Choosing an approach is a collaborative process; the therapist and client review symptoms, goals, and preferences to decide what to try first and adjust as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video lets the therapist observe nonverbal cues during discussion, phone can fit into a work break or low-bandwidth situation, chat is useful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing coaching between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while exploring methods that best match each person's needs.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does Amanda help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, life transitions, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, career issues, bipolar and depression, ADHD, and related mood or panic challenges.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is collaborative and strengths-based. She listens first, then offers practical skills and short exercises to try between sessions.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Amanda has six years of professional experience working with people facing trauma, grief, mood disorders, and life changes.
What are Amanda's credentials and where does she practice?
She holds a Master of Science and is licensed as an LPC and LPC-MHSP. She practices in Mississippi.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for therapy with Amanda?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What steps do I take to begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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