- Person centered
- Strengths based
- Brief focused
About Amanda
Amanda Gale is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who focuses on helping people build confidence and practical coping skills. She draws on 12 years of clinical practice to support people facing stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem concerns, and life transitions. Her style is down-to-earth and supportive, aimed at helping people gain tools they can use day to day.
She uses a person-centered, strengths-based approach that keeps the client in control of goals and pace. Sessions focus on identifying existing strengths and turning them into usable strategies. Amanda prefers brief, skills-focused work when that fits the client's goals, often in an 8 to 12 session timeframe followed by optional ongoing support.
Amanda works with a broad range of concerns, including relationship struggles, parenting strain, grief, addictions, career stress, bipolar mood issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses more specific issues such as attachment and abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, and communication problems.
In practical terms she acts as a guide and mentor. Together with the client she creates a choice-based plan, practices problem solving, and strengthens coping techniques. The aim is to leave therapy with greater confidence and clearer ways to handle everyday challenges.
Her experience includes individual, group, and family therapy, and she brings years of social work background to clinical decision making. Amanda practices in South Dakota and offers services in English, with international clients accepted.
She uses a person-centered, strengths-based approach that keeps the client in control of goals and pace. Sessions focus on identifying existing strengths and turning them into usable strategies. Amanda prefers brief, skills-focused work when that fits the client's goals, often in an 8 to 12 session timeframe followed by optional ongoing support.
Amanda works with a broad range of concerns, including relationship struggles, parenting strain, grief, addictions, career stress, bipolar mood issues, ADHD, and compassion fatigue. She also addresses more specific issues such as attachment and abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, and communication problems.
In practical terms she acts as a guide and mentor. Together with the client she creates a choice-based plan, practices problem solving, and strengthens coping techniques. The aim is to leave therapy with greater confidence and clearer ways to handle everyday challenges.
Her experience includes individual, group, and family therapy, and she brings years of social work background to clinical decision making. Amanda practices in South Dakota and offers services in English, with international clients accepted.