- ACT and CBT
- Attachment focus
- Grief and caregiver stress
About Amanda
Amanda Pisark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with seven years of experience. She works with adults who find their thoughts or feelings affecting daily life and relationships, including concerns such as anxiety, grief, stress, trauma, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem.
She draws on experience from hospice care and retirement communities to help adults across midlife and later stages cope with loss, caregiver stress, and life transitions. Amanda describes common reactions as grief, overwhelm, depression, compulsive or impulsive behaviors, and anxiety. She listens for what matters most to each person and helps them notice how internal responses and external situations interact.
Early sessions focus on understanding why someone is seeking help and what they hope to change. Amanda encourages clients to guide conversations while she asks questions and offers observations to open new perspectives. This back-and-forth aims to clarify short-term and longer-term goals and build a practical working relationship.
Over time she works with people to develop coping techniques and simple tools that can be practiced between sessions. She may suggest brief exercises to use in daily life to increase awareness and reduce distress. The approach is collaborative and paced to fit each person’s comfort level.
Amanda works with common relationship and family concerns, career stress, caregiving strain, chronic illness and pain, attachment issues, and trauma. She uses evidence-informed methods to help people better understand themselves and their relationships, and to support changes they want to make.
How her approaches translate to online work
Amanda uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns; this approach is useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns. She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early and current relationship patterns affect present connections, which can help with intimacy and communication issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda will discuss your goals and preferences, and together you will choose methods that fit what you hope to change. She adapts techniques over time based on what is most helpful and workable for you.
Session format details are not listed here, so please confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. They can also let people continue care after relocations or during life transitions while keeping regular momentum toward goals.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She helps adults with anxiety, grief, stress, relationship and family concerns, trauma, caregiver issues, depression, and related struggles.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are collaborative and client-guided, with the therapist asking questions and offering observations to open new perspectives and set goals.
How much experience does she have?
Amanda has seven years of clinical experience, including work in hospice care and retirement communities.
What are her credentials and practice location?
She is a PA LCSW, practicing with clients based in Pennsylvania.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Are international clients accepted?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.