Dr. Amanda Baker, LMFT

New York · 10 years in practice

Dr. Amanda Baker is a licensed marriage and family therapist with ten years of clinical experience.

License and registration

LMFT, New York: 001161 · expires May 2029
NPI: 1558808253 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 10
Languages: English

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About Amanda

Dr. Amanda Baker is a licensed marriage and family therapist with ten years of clinical experience. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma, or changes in life.

Her style is direct and supportive, and she focuses on finding practical ways forward rather than long lectures. She starts by listening to what matters most to each person. Sessions are guided by the client's goals and comfort level.

Background and approach

Dr. Baker draws on several approaches - including existential ideas and acceptance-based methods - to shape a plan that fits the individual. In therapy she emphasizes real-world skills.

That can mean learning ways to manage stress, improving communication, or practicing new patterns in relationships. She also helps people address intimacy concerns, addiction-related patterns, and issues tied to identity and sexual expression. Her background includes work with trauma, family and blended family concerns, infidelity, and relationship repair.

She uses attachment-focused perspectives when relationships are central to the concern, and cognitive strategies when patterns of thinking are causing distress. Dr. Baker practices in New York as an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.

Sessions may use video, phone, chat, or messaging formats. She aims to help people build strengths they can use after therapy ends.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Amanda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Addictions
LGBT
Parenting issues
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Depression
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Attachment issues
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Divorce and separation
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Self-love
Sex addiction
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexual dysfunction
Sexuality
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Approaches Amanda names

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Online support

How different approaches work online

Existential therapy focuses on meaning, choice, and facing life’s big questions. Online sessions let people reflect on values, role changes, and purpose while staying in familiar surroundings. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, emphasizes noticing thoughts and committing to actions that match personal values; it can help with anxiety, stress, and life transitions through brief exercises and homework between sessions.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns influence current connections. In teletherapy this often becomes practical work on trust, closeness, and communication with real-time role practice and feedback. Dr. Baker uses these approaches flexibly and will collaborate with each person to choose what fits best based on goals and preferences.

Online formats offer practical benefits: video calls support visual connection and longer session work, phone sessions can be easier if bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins or coaching-style exchanges, and text messaging helps with ongoing support between visits. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, parenting, or travel and allow sessions to match the pace and style each person needs.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, addiction patterns, parenting challenges, career strain, and self-esteem issues.

How would you describe the therapy style?

The style is client-centered and collaborative, with practical skill-building and reflective work drawn from existential and acceptance-oriented approaches.

What is her clinical background?

Dr. Baker has ten years of clinical experience focused on trauma, relationships, and sexual concerns, and she incorporates multiple therapeutic perspectives to meet client needs.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

She practices in New York and holds an LMFT credential - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in New York.

In what languages are sessions held?

Sessions are offered in English.

Which session formats are available online?

Sessions can be done by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best for the person.

How are sessions paid for and what does cost depend on?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

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