Amanda Ezell (She/Her)

I work with adults who have experienced trauma and continue to feel its effects through anxiety, hypervigilance, avoidance, emotional overwhelm, relationship difficulties, or feeling disconnected from themselves. My approach is trauma-informed, collaborative, and paced with your sense of safety in mind. Therapy focuses on understanding how trauma has shaped your experiences while developing practical tools for healing, regulation, and moving forward.

I provide affirming therapy for adults practicing or exploring consensual non-monogamy, polyamory, and other open relationship structures. Therapy may address communication, boundaries, jealousy, attachment, relationship transitions, or concerns unrelated to CNM. You will not be asked to justify your relationship structure or have polyamory treated as the cause of every problem you bring to therapy.

I provide affirming therapy for LGBTQIA+ adults at all stages of identity exploration and expression. Clients do not need to educate me about their identities or defend who they are in the therapy room. My approach recognizes the impact that stigma, discrimination, family dynamics, and minority stress can have on mental health while never treating LGBTQIA+ identity itself as something that needs to be changed or fixed.

I provide trauma-informed therapy for adults experiencing the lasting effects of difficult or overwhelming experiences. Treatment is collaborative and paced according to each client's needs and sense of safety. We may focus on understanding trauma responses, identifying patterns and triggers, developing coping and regulation skills, strengthening relationships, and helping clients reconnect with a greater sense of agency and control.

My work is grounded in a person-centered approach that views clients as experts on their own lives. I believe meaningful therapy develops through collaboration, authenticity, empathy, and respect rather than a therapist telling someone who they should be. I create an affirming, judgment-free space where clients can explore their experiences, identities, relationships, and goals while determining what meaningful change looks like for them.

I use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients understand connections between thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and patterns that may be contributing to distress. CBT provides practical tools for addressing anxiety, trauma-related concerns, ADHD, self-esteem, and life transitions while remaining flexible enough to adapt to each client's individual experiences, identities, and goals.