Amanda Marcum, LCSW

Amanda Marcum is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience. She practices from Indiana and draws on a straightforward, compassionate style to help people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addiction, and relationship concerns.

She uses cognitive behavioral approaches to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. Amanda also emphasizes a client-centered stance, making space for each person’s story without judgment. Mindfulness and motivational strategies are part of her toolbox when people want practical ways to manage strong feelings or stay focused on goals.

Her background includes work in multiple settings with adolescents, adults, and those dealing with family and parenting challenges. That range has shaped a flexible approach that adapts to each person’s situation and pace. She often helps people who are navigating trauma, attachment and abandonment issues, blended family stress, or the fallout from separation and divorce.

Amanda believes connection is central to change. She focuses on building trust and understanding so people can speak honestly about difficult topics like intimacy, substance use, bipolar mood swings, ADHD, or compassion fatigue. Progress starts with small shifts in awareness and behavior.

She offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Amanda encourages people to reach out with questions and to use brief messages to manage day-to-day emotions between sessions if that feels helpful.

How Amanda’s approaches translate to online therapy

Amanda uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people identify patterns of thinking that get in the way and try small behavior changes to test new ways of coping. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday problems where thoughts and actions interact.

She also follows a client-centered approach that focuses on building a trusting, nonjudgmental relationship. This means the work is guided by the person’s goals and pace, with the therapist offering empathy and reflection rather than directives.

Mindfulness practices are offered as simple exercises to notice thoughts and physical reactions without getting swept away. These techniques help with emotion regulation, stress management, and staying grounded during big transitions.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Amanda will collaborate with each person to decide what methods fit their goals and preferences, and she adjusts over time as needs change.

Online therapy with Amanda is available via video, phone, live chat, or text messaging to make sessions easier to fit into a busy life. Video allows fuller interaction and visual cues, phone can be useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat can work for focused check-ins, and messaging supports brief updates between sessions. These options aim to increase flexibility and make regular contact more manageable.