Amanda Dodd, LCSW

Amanda Dodd is a licensed clinical social worker in Virginia who centers therapy on each person's values and goals. She draws on a respectful, sex-positive stance, and offers both faith-based and secular approaches depending on what a person prefers. Amanda emphasizes the strengths people already have and helps them apply those strengths to current struggles.

She uses Client-Centered methods to make space for a person's own perspective. That means listening closely and shaping sessions around what matters most to the client. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thought and behavior patterns and try small, practical changes. Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness skills are brought in to help regulate strong emotions and improve day-to-day coping.

Amanda has 14 years of clinical experience and has helped people with depression, anxiety, sleep problems, relationship and intimacy-related issues, and addiction concerns. She also supports people navigating grief, major life changes, caregiver stress, and complex concerns like attachment and body image.

Her practice is kink-friendly and poly-friendly, and she describes herself as sex-positive when addressing intimacy and sexual concerns. She aims to reduce shame and create a space for honest conversation about sexual preferences and relationship dynamics.

Clients can expect a collaborative process where therapist and client set goals together. Amanda favors straightforward tools and exercises that can be tried between sessions, along with open discussion about values and boundaries. The work focuses on practical steps toward a more satisfying life.

How Amanda’s approaches can work in online therapy

Amanda combines client-centered care with concrete behavior-focused tools. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, respect, and shaping sessions around the client’s priorities; it helps people feel heard and clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets thoughts and actions that keep problems going and uses practical exercises to test new ways of thinking and behaving. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) adds specific skills for managing intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative planning can include trying different techniques and adjusting the plan as progress is made.

Confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing sessions around work or caregiving schedules. It can also allow shorter check-ins when time is tight and let people use mindfulness or behavioral homework between meetings. If you want to explore intimacy or sexual concerns, mention that during the matching steps so the focus can be arranged at the start.