Amanda Scardino , LPC

Amanda Scardino is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 25 years of clinical experience supporting people through significant life transitions and persistent concerns. She creates an affirming, inclusive practice especially for LGBTQ+ individuals, couples, and families, guiding clients through challenges such as stress, anxiety, relationship conflicts, grief, parenting struggles, and issues related to intimacy and self-esteem. Amanda brings a compassionate, client-centered approach that emphasizes understanding each person’s individual story while focusing on practical change.

Her work often addresses family systems and relationship dynamics, and she supports adults seeking a progressive, non-religious therapeutic environment. Using evidence-based practices, Amanda helps clients build resilience, strengthen communication skills, and develop tools for managing anger, ADHD symptoms, career stress, and coping with life changes. She aims to empower people to recognize their strengths and make sustainable, meaningful changes in their lives.

Amanda’s practice centers on nonjudgmental support and collaborative goal-setting. Whether the focus is on improving mood, navigating grief, enhancing parenting strategies, or improving relational intimacy, she partners with clients to tailor interventions to their needs and preferences.

Approaches that guide online care and personal growth

Amanda integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients identify their values and commit to actions that support a meaningful life. ACT emphasizes accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while focusing on purposeful behavior, which can be helpful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to address unhelpful thinking patterns and build practical skills for managing mood, stress, and relationship challenges. CBT offers structured techniques for changing behaviors and improving emotional regulation.

Mindfulness Therapy is another tool in her work, teaching present-focused awareness and stress reduction strategies that support attention, emotional balance, and resilience.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda works with each person to explore which methods best match their goals, needs, and preferences, adjusting strategies as progress unfolds.

Online sessions make this work accessible through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options provide flexibility for scheduling, allow continuity of care across locations, and let people engage in therapy in ways that fit their daily life while working with licensed professionals and therapists.