Amanda Dunlap, LISW-CP

Amanda Dunlap is a licensed independent social worker and clinician with 10 years of experience in South Carolina. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and depression. Amanda emphasizes the person’s strengths and respects each client's story as the guide for change.

She centers work on practical, everyday thinking patterns and habits. Sessions often focus on identifying thought patterns that make stress or anxiety worse. Amanda uses straightforward tools to help people test new ways of thinking and behaving in daily life.

Her approach treats each concern as connected to everyday routines and relationships. She supports people dealing with relationship strain, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, and family problems. She also works with people navigating gender and sexual identity questions and related stressors.

Amanda has additional experience with aging and geriatric issues, cancer caregiving stress, blended family dynamics, and fertility concerns. She also addresses attachment difficulties, dissociation, and areas related to kink and alternative sex culture when relevant to the person’s goals.

Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented. Amanda helps clients set small, manageable steps and checks progress together. To begin, people choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist’s availability.

Using CBT and practical thinking work in online therapy

Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people see how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. CBT breaks problems into smaller parts and teaches simple skills to test new thoughts and behaviors, often helping with anxiety, depression, and stress.

She emphasizes everyday habit change and repeating small steps. The therapist and client collaborate to pick techniques that fit the person’s daily routine and goals, then adjust them as needed. Finding the best approach is part of the process rather than a one-time decision.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and keep momentum between visits. Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, since the biography does not list specific options. Many people find remote sessions let them check in without travel, use shorter follow-ups when needed, or continue work while managing caregiving or work demands. Amanda will work with each person to choose methods and pacing that fit their life and goals.