Amanda Dunlap, LISW-CP

Amanda Dunlap is a licensed independent social worker-clinical practice (LISW-CP) in South Carolina with ten years of professional experience. She focuses on practical, real-world help for people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, depression, and LGBTQ-related concerns. Amanda emphasizes the client's strengths and treats each person as the expert on their own life.

She works in a straightforward, supportive way. Sessions aim to identify manageable steps and build skills to cope with hard moments. Amanda encourages small changes that add up over time and helps clients track progress in ways that feel meaningful to them.

Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. She applies that approach to issues like anxiety, mood changes, and patterns connected to substance use. The focus is on practical strategies people can try between sessions.

Her background includes a decade of practice with adults dealing with relationship strain, parenting stress, and life transitions. She also addresses intimacy-related concerns, attachment questions, and caregiving stress with an emphasis on clear communication and problem-solving.

Clients can expect a collaborative partnership where the therapist listens first and helps shape a plan that fits their goals. Amanda frames change as a process and offers consistent support while clients try new ways of responding to their challenges.

How Amanda Uses CBT Online and What to Expect

Amanda draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thought and behavior patterns. CBT breaks problems into smaller parts so clients can try specific strategies for anxiety, mood symptoms, and patterns tied to substance use. The work is hands-on and often includes short exercises to practice between meetings.

She focuses on clear goals and small experiments. Together the therapist and client choose which techniques to try and adjust them based on what fits the person's life. That collaborative process helps find a way of working that matches each person's needs and preferences.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats offered before booking. Amanda will help fit sessions into a regular routine and support practical concerns like scheduling and homework between meetings. Online work can make it easier to keep appointments around busy days, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time so therapy fits into everyday life.