Amanda is a Registered Social Worker who provides individual therapy. Amanda graduated with a Master of Social Work Degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2017. Prior to this, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) from Memorial University and a Bachelor of Social Work (Honors) from the University of Western Ontario. Amanda has approximately 14 years experience working with children, adolescents, and adults within the child welfare system including providing counselling and therapy to individual youth, adults and couples.
Amanda offers a client focused and strengths based, approach and practices from a trauma informed and culturally sensitive lens. She believes a strong and supportive therapeutic relationship can support a client's strengths and goals as well as growth and healing. Amanda's areas of practice include emotional regulation, trauma, anxiety, depression, and parenting. Amanda is EMDR trained and has also completed training in sex therapy. She draws from different treatment modalities (including, but not limited to DBT, CBT, EMDR, ACT, and Brief Solution Focused Therapy) to tailor therapy to the unique needs of each client.
Amanda can be reached directly at amanda@powercounselling@net
