- Emotionally-Focused Therapy
- CBT and ACT methods
- Caregiver and grief support
About Amanda
Amanda Pisark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Pennsylvania with seven years of experience. She works with adults facing relationship strain, grief, trauma, stress, anxiety, depression, caregiver stress, and life transitions. Sessions focus on understanding how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors affect everyday life and relationships.
Amanda draws on clinical approaches such as Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, client-centered methods, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. She meets clients where they are and asks about their hopes and expectations at the first session. That initial conversation helps shape short-term and longer-term goals.
In sessions she invites people to guide the conversation while offering questions and observations to help see patterns differently. This can reveal how past losses, caregiving roles, illness, or family conflict influence current reactions. She pays attention to attachment and emotional responses to help identify where change might start.
Over time Amanda helps people build coping techniques and practical tools to reduce symptoms and manage daily demands. She may suggest between-session exercises to support new skills and increased awareness. Those exercises are intended to be simple actions someone can add into a routine.
Her background includes social work in hospice and retirement community settings, which informs work with aging and caregiver issues as well as chronic illness and loss. Sessions aim to progress at a pace that fits each person’s comfort and needs.
How Amanda uses EFT, ACT, and attachment ideas online
Amanda often draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people name hard emotions and notice interaction patterns that keep difficulties active. EFT can be useful for exploring how emotions shape responses in close relationships and personal interactions.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify values, make choices that matter, and build psychological flexibility. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at early and current attachment patterns and how they show up in stress, caregiving, and relationship behavior.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to use and adjust that plan as work progresses.
Please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not listed here. Online care can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example it can reduce travel time, allow easier scheduling around work or caregiving, and make shorter check-ins possible when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt interventions and between-session exercises to work well in remote sessions so progress can continue outside scheduled meetings.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, stress, anxiety, depression, caregiving stress, and related issues such as attachment and communication problems.
What therapeutic approach does she use?
She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy along with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, client-centered approaches, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to guide sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional experience, including work in hospice care and retirement community settings that shaped her focus on grief and caregiver stress.
What are her credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Pennsylvania and provides services to people in that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Can people outside the US work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted; services are provided to people within Pennsylvania.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session to start the process.
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