Amanda Hager, LPC

New Jersey · 8 years in practice

Amanda Hager is a Licensed Professional Counselor with eight years of clinical experience.

License and registration

LPC, New Jersey: 37PC00884200 · expires November 2026
NPI: 1336704931 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 8
Languages: English

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About Amanda

Amanda Hager is a Licensed Professional Counselor with eight years of clinical experience. She approaches therapy as an active, collaborative process and takes time to learn each person’s story. Amanda focuses on helping people build on their strengths rather than simply treating symptoms.

She pays attention to how lived experience shapes wellbeing. That includes family messages, community influences, cultural expectations, and systemic pressures. She aims to avoid limiting frameworks and centers the whole person in conversations about change.

Background and approach

Amanda has worked with people facing eating disorders, attention differences, intense or risky thoughts and behaviors, and with many in the queer and transgender community. She also has experience supporting those coping with complex grief and loss, living with HIV/AIDS, and people from BIPOC backgrounds. In sessions she creates a straightforward, nonjudgmental space for honest conversation.

People can bring whatever feels most pressing - identity questions, relationship struggles, grief, mood concerns, or challenges with work and self-worth. Amanda helps clarify goals and practical next steps that fit each person’s life. Her approach blends client-centered listening with narrative, existential, and solution-focused ideas.

That mix lets people examine the meaning behind their struggles while also trying small, manageable changes. Sessions can be used to talk through hard feelings, reframe difficult stories, and practice new ways of coping.

Focus areas and approaches

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

LGBT
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Depression
Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Family conflicts
Grief
Eating disorders
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Communication problems
Divorce and separation
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
HIV / AIDS
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Multicultural concerns
Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexuality
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Amanda names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and online options

Amanda blends existential and client-centered ideas to help people find meaning and build toward clearer goals. Existential Therapy focuses on questions of meaning, choice, and responsibility and can help when life feels empty, uncertain, or overwhelming. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes genuine listening and acceptance so people can explore feelings at their own pace and identify strengths to draw on.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and adjust methods over time. Together they set priorities and try small changes to see what helps most in day-to-day life.

Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations that benefit from seeing facial cues. Phone sessions can fit into a busy schedule or require less bandwidth. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing coaching, or when someone prefers writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, caregiving, and travel schedules.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Amanda work with?

Amanda helps with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, eating and body-image issues, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy challenges, stress, ADHD, and questions related to gender and sexual identity.

How would you describe her therapy style?

She practices in a collaborative, client-centered way that mixes existential and narrative ideas with solution-focused techniques. Sessions tend to be conversational and goal-oriented while also attending to meaning and identity.

What is Amanda's background and experience?

She holds a Licensed Professional Counselor credential and has eight years of clinical experience. Her work includes time supporting people with eating disorders, ADHD, complex grief, and members of the queer and transgender community.

Where does Amanda provide services?

She is a New Jersey based Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and practices with that credential in the state of New Jersey.

Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. She is not currently accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

Therapy can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Different formats can meet different needs like shorter check-ins or more flexible scheduling.

How are fees and billing handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What steps are involved in getting started?

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