About Me
Amanda D. Polk, MSW, LISW-CP is a licensed independent clinician with more than 5 years in the mental health field. Mrs. Polk has a master’s degree in Social Work from Walden University and a bachelor’s degree in Criminology from the University of South Carolina. Mrs. Polk has dedicated her life to the service of others by serving for 25 years in the Army and the South Carolina Army National Guard and is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom – Afghanistan. In addition, she has served her community as a Guardian Ad Litem for abused and neglected children, and is currently a licensed Therapeutic Foster Parent. She currently works at her Alumni High School as their Senior Army Instructor in the JROTC program. Mrs. Polk is a therapist in the field of mental health and has previously provided in-home therapy services for the South Carolina Youth Advocate Program. Mrs. Polk's specialty is in treating borderline personality disorder, depression, anxiety, trauma, anger, and parenting skills. Mrs. Polk’s treatment approach is set on the foundation of having a therapeutic relationship, to include using theories such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), solution focused, mindfulness, and being patient centered.
Specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
Adoption and Foster Care , Dissociation , First Responder Issues , Guilt and Shame , Military and Veterans Issues , Mood Disorders , Panic Disorder and Panic Attacks , Personality Disorders , Phobias , Post-traumatic Stress , Read more...
Clinical approaches:
Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
Services Offered
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Licensing
LISW #12039 (Expires: 2022-12-31)
Reviews
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Amanda has been wonderful to work with. She not just hears what I am saying, but can pick up on things I'm not saying as well. I have really enjoyed her insights - and I never felt judged for my choices. I fully recommend her.
Amanda is a very warm and welcoming person. She is very easy to relate with and listens to me when I'm rambling. I cannot speak highly enough of her.
Amanda is an excellent and compassionate listener. She is a knowledgeable and resourceful therapist. I would highly recommend Amanda as a therapist.
She is understanding of my life and my concern
Amanda has been amazing. With my particular situation and anxieties after my breakup, she presented me with thoughts and ideas that i have not come across elsewhere.....that I feel have helped me gradually move on and make progress with my healing. She is amazing and highly recommended
After one session I can already tell that Amanda is going to be a great fit for me. She has been excellent since day one, very helpful and compassionate while educating and affirming. I highly recommend her.
Amanda has been amazing so far! She’s been so attentive and so helpful and so reassuring.
Amanda is among the best. She explains things to me and makes sure I understand. When ever I have a problem that I'm stuck on she gives me good examples of what might be happening, questions to ask myself and positive choices then lets me think about it. She has been a big help putting my life back together. She is a true experienced professional therapist. I'm glad she's here.
Amanda is great, she’s really trying to get to the root of my problem just knowing that i have some sort of professional support makes me feel better but Amanda will truly try and help you.
Amanda was kind and welcoming and really took the time to listen to me.
Amanda is awesome! She has really helped me be more mindful and honest about what I want and how to get it. I’ve achieved my goals through working with her.
I really like how we connected and the respectful way she interacts with me. She does not judge and her advice is always great
Amanda is the best. I rate her with All 10s! There’s one page that did not recognize my input so please make sure to change it. I rate Amanda as a blessing in the time I need someone to care, understand and provide great advise. She’s a “gem” Thank you Amanda
I really like Amanda. She is really good at listening and she is very knowledgeable. I hope she is my counselor for a while.
Amanda is fantastic. I've found it quite difficult to talk to someone about my experiences but I've felt safe and understood throughout our sessions. Amanda has a kind confidence that is very reassuring, and will explain processes and techniques in an accessible, motivating and productive way - I find this incredibly encouraging and empowering.
Amanda is a wonderful therapist. She responds timely and understands my needs or concerns. She’s personable and extremely easy to talk to.
Amanda is so easy to trust and talk to. Never having done therapy before, I was a bit in the fence about it. Amanda made sure to answer any questions I had and was very reassuring from the beginning. Her methods, I feel, have been every beneficial to me and my healing progress. Would highly recommend her!
I have been doing therapy with Amanda for a while now, and she is very supportive, validating and kind. I would say as well that she is a rare person who does her job wholeheartedly and not as another job. She is responsible, humane, dedicated and also makes you feel very comfortable about yourself which is something that is so important to me being a very socialy anxious person.
Overall she is a wonderful therapist as well as person and I would recommend her to anyone without hesitation.
I truly like how proactive her therapy is. She responds to me with words and kindness, but then offers worksheets or videos to back up what was said so that I have help and support between sessions. I find that really helpful.
Amanda is experienced and thoughtful. She identifies your needs with an open mind and ear that makes you feel supported and understood.
Amanda is so caring and amazing . I am lucky to have found her
Amanda Polk is a counselor who seems to really listen to and understand her patients. I am grateful that she also provided some Christian aspects to our session. She also helped “problem solve” by providing resources to certain areas we discussed in session.
She was a very good counselor and was honest with her very respected and thoroughly valued opinion in what we spoke about. She did just repeat what I said over and over, or make me feel like she was just nodding her head in a agreement, she was on the people’s level with advice and listening and general assistance in an honest and heart felt true, caring manner. Firm, not pushy, and even temperament not emotional yet not robots, often robotic or emotional response could possibly cause patient or client to be to emotionally invested with counselors she was very professional firm, thorough, honest, level headed, while truly listened and did not drag anything out for the money.
Amanda has been working with me through most of this year and she has been so helpful to keep my perspective healthy and on my goals. She is encouraging, kind, thoughtful, educated, empathetic, and gives lots of tools to help me manage my various needs as they come up. She helps me think deep and healthfully so I can heal deep and well. I value her input in my life so much and am so very thankful for her.
very easy to talk to and understood my issues fairly quickly. I trust her expertise and experience.
Amanda helped me sort out some really trying months where I was profoundly doubting many things about myself. The therapy I received made a lasting impression that still carries through much of my decision-making today. I can confidently say that I am a complete 180 from where I was before - I really am so much happier. I am very grateful for Amanda and how she helped me see much happier times! I enjoy speaking with her.
AMAZING WOMAN THAT KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT I NEED
Amanda helped me a lot figuring things about myself and my relationship.
She is a great listener, empathetic, and shared her knowledge to help me go through difficult times. I felt respected and valued.
Amanda is a GODSEND!!! She has been open-minded, non-judgemental and refreshingly open. No matter the outcome of my relationship, I'm confident that she's providing me with the vital resources to be a great human being. In just a few weeks, she's made a change in my life for the better.
I have only spoke with Amanda once but my reaction and interaction was great.
My counselor has given me some great tools to help with ability to process life.
I’m glad that she seen where I was coming from and what I was dealing with in my marriage she also help me understand why my husband acts the way that he does and enlighten me on some things when dealing with my kids I appreciate her and she is good
I am very thankful this platform exists, and that there are people out there that can assist with challenges to gaining better mental health. Thanks for the hand up during this challenging time!
Amanda is fantastic at listening and relating to my issues. This helps me feel like I am not alone. She listens well to my concerns and traumas I have gone through without judgement. Amanda also gives me great worksheets to help guide me to working on a more confident me.
Amanda understood my position like no other counselor. She offers me real solutions and I really value what she says.
Amanda Polk is a wonderful counselor with a lot of experience. I am very impressed with her credentials and licensing. Counseling has been so helpful during these very stressful times. I am also very impressed with the BetterHelp.com platform. It is easy to use and very convenient. I have recommended BetterHelp to a lot of my friends. Thank you Amanda and Betterhelp.com!
She’s amazingly considerate and really hears me when I talk about my personal emotional struggles. I feel safe in expressing how I truly feel.
Amanda has been responsive and supportive, providing great balance and measured responses to my concerns. She regularly responds in more than just probing questions but good activities and ways to respond when I’m struggling.
Amanda has been very helpful to me in the moment. She has suggested specific DBT skills to help me navigate events, which have all turned out well thanks to her. I'm very grateful!
I have been working with Amanda for two weeks now and am very happy with how things are going. Amanda has introduced me to ways of addressing my challenges I might never have realized had she not introduced these tools to me. Amanda is very generous with sharing helpful resources and I continue to work with her as I address some of the difficult challenges I face at this time.
Very understanding and grounding! I feel heard with her.
I appreciate Amanda's help. She helped me a lot with my recent break up. And I learned a lot also from our interactions. Very cool person!