Amanda Addison (She/Her) is a Licensed Master Social Worker specializing in trauma healing. Amanda roots her practice in strengths-based, attachment-informed, and psychodynamic frameworks, collaborating with clients to tap into their capacity for healing and foster a deeper connection with self. She has trained in trauma-informed best practices across professions as a therapist, lawyer, and yoga teacher, and is passionate about providing a supportive space for exploration, curiosity and client-led growth.
Amanda has worked in community mental health settings with adults navigating various challenges including anxiety, perfectionism, depression, relational challenges, complex trauma, sexual trauma, and attachment-related difficulties. Her integrative approach blends Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and mindfulness. Her style is empathetic and responsive, and she regards each session a new opportunity for exploration, insight, and collaboration.
Amanda’s clinical approach is also shaped by her background as a human rights lawyer and civil rights attorney. She views personal healing and social justice as deeply interconnected and explores the impact of intersecting systems, power dynamics and identities from the micro to the macro level in her work with clients. Amanda brings a commitment to social justice and self-reflection to her clinical process, with the aim of building an empowering and affirming therapeutic relationship.
Amanda is a practitioner of mindfulness and breathwork for 20 years and integrates these practices into sessions for clients who wish to include them.
