Amanda Hager, LPC

Amanda Hager approaches therapy as an active, collaborative process that adapts to each person over time. She centers the whole person rather than reducing experience to isolated symptoms, and she prioritizes understanding how lived experience - including the influence of oppressive systems, transgenerational narratives, culture, community, family, and societal norms - shapes emotional and relational wellbeing. As a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), she works with clients to build on existing strengths and develop sustainable emotional foundations for growth.

Amanda intentionally avoids strictly Eurocentric models that treat people as problems to be fixed. Instead she creates a practice that is flexible and attuned to identity, context, and meaning. She has substantial experience supporting people with eating disorders, ADHD, high-risk thoughts and behaviors, and clients who identify as queer or transgender. Her work also includes focused experience with eating disorders in gay men, complex grief and loss including loss through suicide, parents of transgender teens and adults, and people living with HIV/AIDS.

Amanda also brings clinical experience working with BIPOC clients and addresses a broad range of concerns such as relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, addiction, family and blended family matters, body image and eating issues, communication problems, gender dysphoria, and caregiver stress. She offers an open, judgment free space where clients can speak about topics they may not feel able to discuss elsewhere, and she tailors care to the individual pace and needs of each person.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Amanda integrates client-centered and existential approaches to tailor online therapy to each individual's needs. Client-centered therapy emphasizes empathy, active listening, and collaboration so clients can identify their own goals and build on personal strengths; it is useful for relationship concerns, self-esteem, and coping with life changes. Existential therapy explores meaning, values, and freedom of choice, helping people navigate questions about purpose, identity, and major life transitions.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Amanda works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their goals, preferences, and circumstances. She adapts techniques over time as needs evolve, inviting feedback and shared decision making throughout treatment.

Online therapy with Amanda is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different lifestyles and schedules. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, manage busy days, and access support from where the client is most comfortable, while allowing licensed professionals to deliver focused, consistent therapeutic work.