Amanda Rector

Accepting Clients

Trauma-informed Clinical Mental Health Counseling Intern helping women, children, and teens heal and regulate.

Student Therapist in Brentwood, TN
Supervised by Shara Lynn Carter

About My Clients

My clients are often overwhelmed moms, children, and teens navigating anxiety, stress, family changes, behavioral challenges, or life transitions. They may feel stuck, exhausted, misunderstood, or unsure of how to move forward. Together, we create a supportive space to build coping skills, emotional awareness, confidence, and resilience so they can feel more connected, empowered, and equipped to handle life's challenges.

My Approach to Helping

My approach is warm, collaborative, and client-centered. I believe meaningful change happens when people feel safe, heard, and understood. I work alongside clients to identify strengths, build practical coping skills, increase emotional awareness, and create lasting growth. Therapy is tailored to each individual's unique needs, goals, and experiences, providing support while encouraging confidence, resilience, and healing.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I believe many of the struggles people carry are not signs that something is wrong with them, but signals that their nervous system has been under too much stress for too long. Symptoms like anxiety, irritability, emotional shutdown, overthinking, and overwhelm often make sense when viewed through the lens of lived experience and survival patterns. I believe healing begins when people are given space to slow down, feel safe, and understand themselves with compassion rather than criticism. Therapy should be a place where you do not have to perform, hold it all together, or explain away your pain. I also believe children communicate through behavior long before they can articulate what they feel. When children are met with curiosity, connection, and emotional safety, meaningful change becomes possible. My role is to walk alongside you with compassion, honesty, and practical support as we create meaningful, sustainable change together.

I offer online counseling in the following states:

At A Glance

  • Experience: Less than a year
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $70 - 70/session

Info

Email Amanda
5200 Maryland Way
Suite 102
Brentwood, TN 38401

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