About Amanda
Amanda Gragg is a licensed mental health counselor in Wisconsin with 15 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. She speaks plainly and listens closely to understand what matters to each person. Her style is direct, warm, and practical so clients leave sessions with clear next steps.
She uses brief, focused tools to help people manage symptoms and build everyday coping skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify the thoughts that fuel worry and low mood.
Background and approach
Mindfulness techniques teach simple ways to lessen overwhelm in the moment. Motivational Interviewing is part of her work when someone wants help making a change but feels stuck. Solution-Focused Therapy is used to set small, visible goals and track progress between sessions.
These methods are mixed to match each person's needs and pace. Amanda pays attention to life context and practical barriers when planning sessions. She supports people dealing with grief, anger, body image concerns, caregiver stress, and the aftermath of trauma and abuse.
Work often blends problem solving with emotion regulation and communication skills. Sessions can include homework, short skill practices, and check-ins on progress. The aim is to equip people with tools they can use outside therapy to feel steadier and more in control of daily life.
Therapeutic tools and online care that fit your life
Amanda often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thought patterns. CBT focuses on practical exercises and small behavior changes that reduce anxiety and improve mood.She also incorporates Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices. These short skills can calm intense feelings, help with sleep, and reduce reactive responses to stress.
Finding the right approach is a team effort. Amanda works with each person to choose methods that match their goals, values, and daily routines. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques based on what is working and what feels manageable.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and skill demonstrations. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging suit quick check-ins, brief coaching, or homework support between longer appointments, and they make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin, Florida
- Languages
- English