Amanda Hager , LPC

Amanda Hager, LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), brings an inclusive, collaborative approach to therapy shaped by eight years of clinical experience. She centers the whole person rather than reducing experience to a set of symptoms, acknowledging how culture, community, family narratives, and systemic oppression influence mental health and daily functioning. Her practice intentionally moves away from Eurocentric models and focuses on clients strengths as tools for building emotional foundations and fostering long-term wellness.

Amanda has substantial experience supporting people with eating disorders, ADHD, high-risk thoughts and behaviors, and members of queer and transgender communities. She also works with eating concerns in gay men, complex grief including loss through suicide, parents of transgender adolescents and adults, people living with HIV/AIDS, and BIPOC clients. In each case she integrates attention to lived experience and identity into the therapeutic process.

The therapeutic space Amanda creates is open and nonjudgmental, intended to allow discussion of topics that may feel difficult to address elsewhere. She emphasizes an active, flexible collaboration that adapts to each person over time, helping individuals identify strengths, reframe narratives, and develop practical strategies for coping with life changes and relationship challenges.

Online Approaches for Identity, Narrative, and Growth

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, non-directive relationship where the therapist follows the person's lead and helps them explore feelings and values. This approach is useful for building self-awareness, strengthening self-esteem, and addressing relationship and identity questions. Narrative Therapy focuses on how personal and family stories shape present experience; by examining and reframing those narratives, individuals can separate problems from their identity and find new ways to move forward, which can be especially helpful for trauma, grief, and identity work. Solution-Focused Therapy is practical and future-oriented, concentrating on strengths and small, achievable steps to create change; it often benefits people coping with stress, life transitions, or specific behavioral goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Amanda Hager collaborates with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds. This collaborative process helps ensure therapy feels relevant and responsive.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it possible to access licensed professionals from home or other convenient locations, maintain continuity during life transitions, and choose the communication style that best supports ongoing progress.