Amanda Ihle

Amanda Ihle is a licensed clinical social worker with 16 years of experience. She blends mindfulness-based care with practical strategies to help people who are feeling overwhelmed or stuck. Amanda aims to create a calm setting where clients can notice their experience and make changes that matter.

She has worked in addiction treatment, providing services alongside juvenile court programs and offering on-campus care in multiple school districts in southwestern Washington. For the past eight years she has been providing clinical social work in a level one trauma emergency room in Portland, Oregon. That mix of settings shaped a straightforward, steady approach to urgent and long-term concerns.

Amanda uses mindfulness practices alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive behavioral techniques to help with anxiety, stress, depression, and compulsive behaviors. She also addresses relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, sleep problems, anger, and compassion fatigue. Sessions focus on noticing patterns, trying small behavior changes, and practicing skills between meetings.

She pays attention to attachment issues, abandonment concerns, and the emotional effects of blended family dynamics. Amanda also supports people facing substance use challenges, codependency, dissociation, and recovery after separation or divorce. Her style is warm, direct, and nonjudgmental.

Starting therapy is framed as a courageous step. Amanda encourages clear goals and steady progress, and she works with each person to find what fits their life and current struggles.

How mindfulness and ACT guide online therapy

Amanda often uses Mindfulness Therapy to help people notice moment-to-moment experience without judgment, which can reduce reactivity and support clearer choices. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) complements this by helping people clarify their values and take actions that match those values, even when difficult thoughts or feelings show up.

She also draws on Attachment-Based ideas to understand relationship patterns and support more connected ways of relating to others. Together these approaches aim to build awareness, practical skills, and clearer direction rather than just focusing on symptom relief.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean more mindfulness practice, behavioral exercises from CBT, or conversations about attachment history depending on what feels most useful.

If you are considering online sessions, confirm the available session formats before booking so they match your schedule and needs. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so people can meet during a lunch break or between obligations. Ask about specific session options when you sign up so arrangements suit your daily routine.