Amanda Gibson, LMHC

Amanda Gibson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) based in Indiana who focuses on helping people find steadier footing during hard times. She offers a calm, nonjudgmental presence for people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and major life changes. Amanda aims to help clients notice what’s working, learn new ways to cope, and set realistic goals for change.

Amanda draws on 12 years of clinical experience and uses practical, evidence-informed tools to address everyday problems. She combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with client-centered listening and mindfulness skills to help people manage moods, reduce unhelpful thought patterns, and respond to strong emotions more effectively. Amanda also uses techniques from dialectical behavior therapy and emotionally-focused work when they fit a person's needs.

She has worked with adults facing relationship strain, parenting stress, caregiver burden, career challenges, and complex mood concerns such as bipolar disorder and seasonal affective disorder. Amanda also supports people coping with the impact of cancer, traumatic brain injury, intellectual disability, and isolation or loneliness.

Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

To begin, people select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability. Amanda aims to meet clients where they are and work at a pace that feels manageable.

How Amanda’s approaches translate to online therapy

Amanda commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and low mood. CBT tends to be structured and skill-based, which translates well to video or chat sessions for practicing new techniques.

She also uses client-centered therapy, which centers on listening and reflecting to help people feel heard and understood. That approach helps build trust and clarity in remote sessions, giving space for people to share what matters most to them.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques are used when emotion regulation and interpersonal skills are needed; DBT offers concrete tools for managing intense feelings and improving communication. Those skills can be taught and practiced through phone check-ins, live chat, or text work between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Amanda will work collaboratively to decide which methods fit each person’s goals and preferences, adjusting tools as progress is made. She tailors pacing and exercises to what a person can manage week to week.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and try different formats to see what helps most.