- Grief and loss
- Attachment issues
- Blended family concerns
About Amanda
Amanda Pisark is a Pennsylvania LCSW with seven years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing relationship and family stress, grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. Amanda draws on those years to help people manage daily symptoms that affect work and relationships.
She previously worked as a social worker in hospice care and retirement communities. That background shaped her focus on caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, and grief after loss. Amanda also helps people wrestling with blended family issues, attachment concerns, and communication problems.
In early sessions she asks about why someone is seeking help and what they hope to change. That conversation sets short-term and long-term goals. She then uses a collaborative style where clients guide the topics and she offers questions and observations to open new perspectives.
Amanda uses practical tools from several approaches, including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking, and cognitive behavioral techniques. She may suggest short exercises between sessions to practice new skills and notice patterns in daily life.
Over time she helps clients build coping techniques for stress, anxiety, compulsive behaviors, and low mood. She aims for steady progress at a pace that fits each person. People often work on improving communication, resolving loyalty or role conflicts in stephouseholds, or reducing overwhelm from caregiving and health challenges.
How her approaches translate to online work
Amanda draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings and choosing actions that match personal values. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns formed in close relationships and how they affect current bonds and communication. It can help with intimacy issues and loyalty conflicts in blended households. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a person-led conversation where the therapist listens, reflects, and follows the client’s priorities; it supports building insight and self-direction.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Amanda will discuss goals and preferences with the client and together decide which methods to try. She adjusts strategies over time based on what helps someone meet their goals and manage day-to-day challenges.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, since the biography does not list specific options. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, or allow a quicker check-in during a work break. Some formats use less bandwidth or skip video when that is helpful. Talk with the therapist about how to structure sessions so they fit into your household routines and responsibilities.
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Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she address?
Amanda focuses on relationship and family issues, grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, caregiver stress, and related concerns including blended family matters.
What is her therapeutic style?
She takes a client-guided approach, asking questions and offering observations while encouraging the client to steer sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience, including prior work as a social worker in hospice and retirement community settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Pennsylvania LCSW and practices with that credential in Pennsylvania.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she provide?
Confirm current session options before booking, as the bio does not list specific session formats.
How does payment work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is for adults and is not emergency care, mediation or legal advice. If you or a child are in danger, use the emergency numbers. Find someone else by name.