Amanda Ihle , LCSW

Amanda Ihle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Oregon with 16 years of professional clinical experience. She has supported people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, coping with addictions, relationship challenges, and the impact of trauma and abuse. Her background includes eight years licensed in Washington state, where she provided addiction medicine treatment with Clark County Juvenile Court and on-campus care for multiple school districts in southwest Washington.

For the past eight years Amanda has worked as a clinical social worker in a level one trauma emergency room in Portland, bringing crisis-focused experience to her therapeutic work. She strives to create an open, safe environment in which thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment. Amanda recognizes that taking the first step to sign up for therapy requires courage and she affirms that decision, describing the act of beginning therapy as warrior material.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Amanda Ihle draws from several evidence-based approaches to tailor care to each person's needs. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify their values, accept difficult thoughts and feelings, and take committed action toward a meaningful life - it can be useful for stress, anxiety, and making changes that matter. Attachment-Based Therapy explores patterns of relating formed in close relationships and addresses issues like attachment concerns, abandonment, and relationship struggles through understanding and corrective emotional experiences. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, often supporting work on depression, anxiety, and coping strategies for addictive behaviors.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Amanda works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit best based on their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, and she adjusts the approach over time as needed.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility: sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone appointments, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines and needs. These options make it easier to connect with licensed professionals and therapists from home, during work breaks, or while managing caregiving and other responsibilities, helping maintain continuity of care when in-person visits are not possible.