Dr. Amanda Veldorale-Griffin, LMFT

Dr. Amanda Veldorale-Griffin is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who combines advanced academic training with a practical, strengths-based approach to help individuals and families navigate difficult transitions. She holds a PhD in Family Relations from The Florida State University, an MS in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Kentucky, and a BA in Psychology from the University of South Florida, and she draws on that training to shape collaborative, evidence-informed care.

With a focus on partnership in the therapeutic process, Dr. Amanda treats therapy as a joint effort where the client’s knowledge of their life guides clinical expertise. She works alongside parents, adolescents, children, survivors of trauma, and LGBT clients to identify workable strategies that build on existing strengths and improve family and relationship functioning. Her orientation emphasizes respect for each person’s experience while helping families develop more effective communication patterns and coping skills.

Dr. Amanda is LGBT affirmative and is a certified Relationship Enhancement instructor, with particular experience addressing attachment and intimacy concerns, parenting and caregiver stress, trauma and abuse, grief, anxiety and depression, and relationship or family-of-origin issues. Licensed to practice as an LMFT in multiple states, she offers supportive, goal-oriented therapy tailored to each client’s needs.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Dr. Amanda frequently draws on Client-Centered Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to guide online work. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship in which the therapist follows the client’s lead to explore feelings and goals, a useful approach for building self-esteem, managing anxiety, and addressing life transitions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and reshaping emotional bonds in relationships, helping couples and family members understand patterns, access underlying emotions, and create more secure connections. She also integrates Systemic Therapy ideas when working with families, looking at how communication patterns and roles influence problems and supporting change across family relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Dr. Amanda collaborates with each person or family to determine which methods best match their goals, preferences, and concerns, adjusting the plan as work unfolds to ensure the best fit. This collaborative stance helps clients feel involved in shaping their care.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility - clients can choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access licensed professionals from home or other settings and to continue consistent work on relationship, family, and personal goals without added travel time.