Amanda Clerkin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over 20 years of experience. She is passionate about helping people work through forgiveness, guilt and shame, and life transitions. She is clinically trained to work with individuals, families, and couples and specializes in anxiety, depression, substance misuse, and relationship and family issues. Amanda completed her Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Texas-Austin. Amanda is also a mother of teenagers and has both professional and personal experience helping young adults navigate difficult life changes. Amanda utilizes dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), motivational interviewing (MI), functional family therapy (FFT), and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to help her clients. Taking the steps to get help can be overwhelming, especially when life feels out of control. Amanda has a warm, genuine, and down-to-earth approach to help you feel less overwhelmed right away.