Amanda Garrick

Amanda Garrick is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in California. She brings 17 years of clinical experience supporting people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and life changes. Amanda focuses on creating a calm, accepting space where people can talk through hard things and build better daily habits.

Amanda earned a Master of Social Work from California State University Long Beach and has worked across Los Angeles County in mental health and social services. Her background includes crisis intervention, risk assessment, and long-term care for people with complex needs. She uses practical strategies so conversations lead to clear steps forward.

Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with Mindfulness Therapy techniques. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and practice mindful ways to respond to stress. Sessions are aimed at skills people can use between meetings to manage anxiety, improve sleep, or cope with grief and relationship strain.

Amanda also supports people dealing with caregiving stress, body image concerns, intimacy-related issues, and ADHD-related challenges. She pays attention to how daily routines, relationships, and past hurts shape current struggles, and she works with each person to set realistic goals.

Her style is down-to-earth and steady. Amanda focuses on listening first, then offering tools that fit a person's life. She encourages small, measurable changes so progress feels manageable and real.

Mindfulness and CBT for online support

Amanda blends Mindfulness Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide people through common struggles. Mindfulness Therapy focuses on present-moment awareness and gentle practices that reduce reactivity to stress. It can help with anxiety, rumination, and building steadier emotional responses. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect, and uses concrete exercises to change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Amanda will collaborate with each person to identify goals, try techniques, and adjust the plan based on what feels helpful. The process emphasizes practical skills that people can use between meetings to manage symptoms and daily challenges.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats available before booking. Amanda’s clinical approaches translate well to remote work because they emphasize short practices, thought records, and homework between sessions. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow steady check-ins that support gradual change.