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Amanda Patterson
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Colorado and New Jersey

In-network with

Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Anthem EAP - Bank of America, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna, Oscar (Optum), Oxford (Optum), Quest Behavioral Health, United Healthcare (Optum), and United Healthcare Medicare Advantage

Specializes in

Depression, Grief, Loss, Identity Issues, PTSD, and Trauma

Great to meet you!

Hello! After completing clinical social work studies at Saint Louis University's College of Public Health and Social Justice in 2014, I practiced community mental health in hospice and adult outpatient throughout Monmouth County, NJ till 2022. Intimacy with the dying process, alongside the inextricable link between chronic illness and trauma, created commitment to seek diverse tools for assisting clients while they are living. In 2023 I migrated from NJ's Shore to Colorado's San Juan Wilderness.

A bit about my approach to therapy

psychodynamic and analytic, existential, somatic, relational, ancestral, animist and feminist. respects all beings. LGBTQIA affirmative. committed to decolonizing therapy, antiracism and speciesism.

I became a certified EMDR therapist with EMDRIA in 2020 and maintain member/mentorship, alongside cultivating fidelity to IFS informed EMDR protocols.

https://www.emdria.org/directory/people/amanda-a-patterson/

What you can expect from our first session

Clients can expect an interactive, solution-focused therapist that looks at an individual, along with what is happening systemically. Clients can expect supportive and practical feedback to assist in effectively addressing personal life challenges. Clients can expect integrative methodologies and techniques offered in a distinctly personalized approach. I build on existing strengths to facilitate learning how commitment to growth takes shape unique to each of us.


Amanda's style is

Empowering
Creative
Challenging

Insurance carriers Amanda accepts

Aetna
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Anthem EAP - Bank of America
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Carelon Behavioral Health
Cigna
Oscar
Oxford
Quest Behavioral Health
UnitedHealthcare
UnitedHealthcare

More about Amanda

MSW (Master of Social Work) at Saint Louis University
License type: LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) (Colorado, New Jersey)
Gender: Cisgender Female
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Languages: English
Works with: Adults
More specialties: Anxiety, Cultural & Ethnic Issues, Maternal Mental Health, Relationship Issues, Women's Issues, and Infertility
Modalities: EMDR, Acceptance & Commitment (ACT), and Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Locations

1 / 3
422 Morris Avenue
Long Branch, NJ 07740