Amanda Gale, LCSW, CSW-PIP
Compassionate, practical support for everyday life
Details
| Name | Amanda Gale |
|---|---|
| Credentials | LCSW, CSW-PIP |
| Based in | South Dakota |
| Licensed in | Wyoming, South Dakota |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 12 |
About Amanda
Amanda Gale is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who brings 12 years of clinical practice to her work. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions using straightforward, skills-based support. Amanda aims to help clients build coping skills and greater confidence for everyday life.
She takes a person-centered, strengths-based approach and sees clients as partners in the process. Sessions focus on identifying what already works and building on those strengths to tackle areas that feel less solid.
Background and approach
Amanda often uses short-term, focused plans of about 8 to 12 sessions while remaining open to ongoing supportive care afterward. Her clinical experience covers a wide range of concerns including relationship struggles, parenting stress, grief, addiction, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and career or role changes. She also addresses issues like abandonment, attachment patterns, body image, caregiver strain, chronic illness, codependency, and communication problems.
Amanda uses several practical therapies to guide her work, including Narrative approaches, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment-informed methods, client-centered techniques, and cognitive behavioral strategies. These methods are used to help clients reframe stories, clarify values, and develop concrete coping steps. She has provided individual, group, and family services and supports people dealing with both personal and professional challenges.
Amanda works with clients in South Dakota and offers services in English, including to international clients who choose online formats.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Grief among the things Amanda works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Amanda among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Amanda among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Amanda among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Amanda among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Amanda among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Amanda among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Amanda among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Amanda among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Amanda among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Amanda among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Amanda directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Amanda directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Amanda blends Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Attachment-Based ideas in online sessions. Narrative Therapy helps people notice the stories they tell about themselves and try different, more helpful versions of those stories. ACT focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions that match those values, which can help with anxiety, low mood, and life transitions. Attachment-informed work looks at patterns in relationships and supports people in building clearer expectations and healthier ways of connecting.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda treats the choice of method as collaborative and will help clients test what fits best. She tailors strategies to each person's goals and adjusts plans as progress unfolds so clients can see what helps and what needs changing.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video works well for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation, phone can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reminders and short reflections between meetings. These formats aim to make it easier to schedule care around work, family, and daily life.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does this therapist help with?
Amanda works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship problems, parenting strain, addictions, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and career or life transitions. She also addresses attachment issues, caregiver stress, body image, and communication difficulties.
How would you describe the therapy style?
Her style is person-centered and supportive with a strengths-based focus. Sessions emphasize building practical coping skills and increasing confidence through collaborative planning.
What is her professional background?
She has 12 years of clinical experience and a broader 21-year background in social work services. That experience includes individual, group, and family work in clinical settings.
Which credentials and location are listed?
She holds LCSW and CSW-PIP credentials and is based in South Dakota with WY LCSW and SD CSW-PIP credentialing noted.
What languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Amanda does work with international clients via online formats.
What session formats does she use?
Therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with this therapist?
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Contacting this therapist
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