Amanda Stoner, LMFT

Amanda Stoner is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) practicing in California. She brings eight years of clinical experience to sessions and focuses on clear, practical strategies that people can use soon after their first appointment. Amanda aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, parenting demands, or life changes.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She listens first, then helps clients set small, achievable goals. Sessions often include problem-solving steps, practical exercises, and discussion about how thoughts and behaviors affect feelings. Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, along with client-centered and solution-focused ideas, to shape sessions around each person's needs.

People come to her for help with depression, self-esteem, anger, and relationship difficulties. She also works with concerns like ADHD, panic attacks, social anxiety, and problems tied to separation or divorce. Amanda gives straightforward tools for managing symptoms and building better day-to-day routines.

Her approach balances immediate coping steps and longer-term reflection. Some moments focus on skills you can apply right away. Other times the work looks at patterns from the past that influence current choices and relationships.

Amanda offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Sessions are designed to fit into busy lives while keeping goals front and center.

How Amanda’s approaches translate to online therapy

Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. That approach includes practical homework and skill practice for anxiety, panic, and mood concerns. She also draws on client-centered methods that emphasize listening and building a trusting working relationship, which helps people feel heard before tackling specific goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and how they like to solve problems. Together they decide whether to focus on short-term solutions, skill building with CBT, or exploring patterns that have led to recurring difficulties. This is a collaborative process and can shift as needs change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for a traditional session feel and practicing skills in real time. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Live chat or messaging can work for brief updates, ongoing support, and pacing therapy across the week. These options make it easier to fit sessions into work, parenting, or school schedules while keeping therapeutic goals in focus.