Amanda Cross, LCSW
California · 20 years in practice
Amanda Cross is a licensed clinical social worker in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and low self-esteem.
License and registration
- LCSW, California
- 27651 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1700298239 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Amanda
Amanda Cross is a licensed clinical social worker in California who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and low self-esteem. She focuses on practical steps for coping with life changes and supports people feeling drained by compassion fatigue. Amanda speaks plainly and works to make the first step less overwhelming.
Amanda sees clients as the experts in their own lives. She uses that viewpoint to help people identify their strengths and decide what matters most.
Background and approach
Sessions are conversational and grounded in everyday concerns rather than jargon. Her approach blends existential ideas with client-centered listening and practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy. That mix helps people reflect on meaning while trying small, concrete changes.
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are added tools when someone needs support staying focused and motivated. With two decades of practice, Amanda has worked across many settings and with a wide range of concerns. She often helps people facing caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, major relationship transitions like divorce, and difficulties tied to family of origin.
Sessions are offered in English and arranged around a client’s schedule. Amanda aims to create a clear, steady path forward so people can rebuild confidence, find more purpose, and handle life’s ups and downs with greater ease.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Amanda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Amanda names
- Existential Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Amanda’s approaches work online
Amanda commonly draws on Existential Therapy to help people consider meaning, choice, and values when life feels uncertain. That approach helps when someone is rethinking life direction or facing big changes and wants to clarify what matters to them.She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. This creates space to name feelings and find personal strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, used alongside these approaches, offers concrete strategies for managing anxious thoughts and changing unhelpful behaviors.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit those needs. She adjusts techniques over time based on what the client finds most useful and practical.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is difficult, live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules and different life situations.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Amanda commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes, as well as compassion fatigue and related issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and person-centered, blending reflective listening with practical steps that clients can try between sessions.
What is her clinical experience?
Amanda has 20 years of professional experience helping people with a wide range of concerns in different care settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds an LCSW credential and practices in California.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for online therapy?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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