Meet your Trauma and Couples Therapist in Santa Barbara , CA and Santa Maria, CA

Call me today to schedule your free 15 minute consultation.

At this point, you have been considering how a therapist can support you in your journey, you have scoured pages to find someone to connect with, looking for specialties and warm, welcoming smiles. I know this, because I have been there. I am a therapist who believes strongly in therapy and uses this as tool for my own work.

Feeling that you can be vulnerable and open to a therapist is difficult and finding the right FIT is critical. How to find a therapist that meets your needs may take time and trying out multiple different providers. Don’t be afraid to reach out to me, a consult call is not a commitment. Give me a call or a text to schedule your consult today. 805-242-8147

HI! I am Amanda, Trauma, ADHD, and Couples therapist serving Santa Maria, Santa Barbara and the entire state of CA.

Hello! Therapy has been a passion of mine since my early twenties. I love working with clients of all backgrounds and in my 18 years of social work, have worked in many facets of social work. From working with teenagers in the foster care system, to wrap around work with teens in school. I have worked with Drug and alcohol clients, severely mentally ill clients. And once leaving the public and non profit sectors, I have settled in private practice.

Private practice has given me the flexibility to be a mom and a therapist, as well as focus on clients issues I feel excited and passionate about, like Couples work, ADHD and Trauma. My vast history with working with trauma clients lend a helpful had to the private practice work.

Trauma therapy in Santa Maria with Amanda can look like…

  • A space to sit and talk about anything but the trauma until you feel safe to do so.

  • Discussing both the logistic of feelings and safety simultaneously

  • Moving through trauma and pain points in your physical body

  • Laughter, tears, anger, sadness, frustration, confusion. Allowing yourself to feel the emotions you have had to keep bottled up inside, allowing them to flow forward and slowly feel them safely.

  • Talking about ways you move through the world that once helped keep you safe in the trauma, but might now be hurting you.