Amanda Burns , LPC

Amanda Burns is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 15 years of clinical experience, practicing in Tennessee. She completed both a Master of Arts and an Education Specialist degree at Tennessee Technological University and earned her license through supervised clinical training with the Vanderbilt Community Mental Health Center. Early in her career she worked in the Nashville area, providing individual, group, and family therapy within the Nashville Metro Schools Special Education program for students identified as Emotionally Disturbed, and supporting educators and families in developing behavior intervention and classroom support plans.

During that same period she provided outpatient therapy to adolescents and adults through the Vanderbilt Community Health Center. After relocating, her clinical focus shifted toward treating adolescents and adults in residential settings as well as outpatient care. For the past eight years she has operated a private practice as a sole proprietor housed in a suite alongside a psychiatrist, two psychiatric nurse practitioners, and another therapist.

Her training and experience span a broad range of concerns, including trauma - such as sexual and physical abuse and post-traumatic stress - as well as grief and loss, anger management, crisis intervention, depression and anxiety, parent training for behavioral issues, coping with chronic illness, and diagnostic assessment of mental health conditions.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating an empathic, nonjudgmental space where the client leads the pace and topics of therapy. It helps people explore feelings, build self-understanding, and find personal solutions to stress, relationship concerns, and life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) works by identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It is practical and skills-based, and is often helpful for anxiety, depression, panic, and patterns that interfere with daily functioning.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness. It can be particularly useful for intense emotions, relationship difficulties, and patterns of impulsive behavior.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and will be done collaboratively. Amanda will work with each person to determine which methods align with their needs, goals, and preferences, and may combine elements from different approaches to best support progress.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - appointments by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging allow clients to access care from home or on the go. For many people this accessibility makes it easier to maintain consistent sessions, fit therapy into a busy schedule, and continue work with licensed professionals and therapists even when in-person visits are difficult.