Amanda Pickens

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Amanda sees clients at the Greenville location.

 

Amanda Pickens is a Licensed Professional Counseling Associate who is passionate about creating a space where her clients feel safe and seen in their suffering. She is passionate about helping people feel more confident in who they are and what they want. She works with clients who may feel disconnected from themselves, overwhelmed by expectations, or caught in patterns of perfectionism and people-pleasing, and who are ready to develop a deeper relationship with themselves.

Amanda’s work with individuals focuses on exploring the experiences and relationships that have shaped how you navigate your life. Together, you will cultivate greater self-compassion and acceptance, understand your needs and emotions, clarify your values, and move toward a life that feels more authentic and meaningful. She integrates Relational Psychodynamic and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), along with somatic interventions, to support you in developing greater self-awareness, self-trust, and attunement to the wisdom of your body. Amanda is also passionate about supporting her clients through major life transitions, relationship concerns, grief and loss, burnout, and the lasting effects of relational or developmental trauma. She has completed training in Somatic and Attachment Focused Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a trauma-informed model that integrates body-based awareness and nervous system regulation to assist with processing and healing past wounds.

Amanda also enjoys working with couples who feel stuck in patterns of disconnection, conflict, or misunderstanding. She creates a space where both partners can slow down, feel heard, and develop a deeper understanding of the needs and desires underneath their patterns. Together, couples will explore how past experiences and attachment patterns shape the way they relate to one another and cultivate more compassionate and honest ways of communicating and connecting.

Amanda received her Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Richmont Graduate University in 2026. Prior to her role as a therapist, she received her Bachelor of Science in Finance from Auburn University and worked in corporate America. Outside of the office, Amanda enjoys walks with her pup Lola, chasing after her nieces and nephews (who know her as Panda), and getting lost in a book.

Specific disorders/issues Amanda treats include:

  • Identity, Self-Discovery, and Authenticity

  • People-Pleasing, Perfectionism, and Self-Criticism

  • Anxiety and Chronic Stress

  • Relationship and Attachment Concerns

  • Life Transitions and Adjustment

  • Burnout and Overwhelm

  • Grief and Loss

  • Relational and Developmental Trauma

  • Chronic Illness

  • Couples Counseling

Amanda’s treatment approaches include:

  • Relational Psychodynamic Therapy 

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

  • Somatic Therapy

  • Somatic and Attachment Focused Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

  • Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT)

License number: 10962

A superbill can be provided for out of network, or Amanda can provide a sliding-scale and payment plan services.