Amanda Horting
I am Amanda! A little about me is that I enjoy reading, walking my dog, and going to the movies. I want to thank you so much for taking time to take a look at my profile. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in North Carolina. I got my Masters degree from Winthrop University in 2013.
With 13+ years of experience supporting children, families, and adults through everyday stress, anxiety, depression, and moments of crisis, I bring both compassion and practical tools to our work together.
Therapy works best when you feel safe being yourself, and that is what I aim to create. With 13 years of experience supporting children, families, and adults through everyday stress, anxiety, depression, and moments of crisis, I bring both compassion and practical tools to our work together. I am open to working with any and all individuals.
First session
Our first session will be us getting to know each other and finding out what brought you to therapy. I want to make sure that I am going to be able to assist you in making these changes and making sure I am the right fit for you. I know the first session can be overwhelming and I want to help ease that and make it as reassuring as possible. I want our time together to be beneficial for you and your growth towards the person you want to become and addressing those issues.
Strengths
I am always going to bring a warm and caring environment to our sessions and I want to make sure that they are centered around the goals that we have set up together. Every person is different so how your session will be structured will be based around your needs which we will discuss. If you need more of a listening approach from me and then I respond once you get your thoughts out. I can also push back and challenge thoughts if needed. Each session may look different depending on what needs to be addressed in that session.
Ideal clients
I have always enjoyed working with adults and teens of all ages who are ready to feel more like themselves, whether you are navigating anxiety, a low mood, or a big life change. If you are looking for someone warm and encouraging who will also gently challenge you when it helps, we will likely be a good fit. I am here to help you and hopefully be exactly what you need during this time.
Treatment methods
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy which can help with relieving anxiety and depression symptoms by addressing the connection between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors by identifying and challenging distorted thinking patterns. CBT does this by replacing those distorted thoughts with more balanced and realistic thoughts which can reduce feelings of fear and hopelessness and can be utilized in everyday life.
Supportive
I use supportive therapy in order to provide emotional support, encouragement and validation during our sessions and help build up your self-esteem.
Motivational Interviewing
Utilizing Motivational Interviewing in our sessions we can look at what area you want to work on, identify why that change is needed in your life, and create a plan to make those positive changes. Motivational interviewing can be very beneficial to help you voice your own reason for wanting to change.
Solution-Focused Brief Treatment
Using Solution Focused Therapy I will help you to identify a specific goal that you are wanting to achieve in your life. We will then identify the barriers, strengths and resources. From there we will build a plan that will include manageable action steps that will make that goal achievable in hopefully a short period of time.
Location
Virtual sessions
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- North CarolinaLicense C009660