Amanda Rowland, AASW

Amanda Rowland is an AASW social worker with 28 years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief and eating concerns. Amanda also supports clients who are coping with big life changes and compassion fatigue.

Amanda focuses on respectful, sensitive care. She adapts conversations and treatment plans to each person's situation. Her approach is straightforward and practical so people can try small changes between sessions.

She helps people process grief and loss at a steady pace. For anxiety and stress she works on coping skills and day-to-day strategies that fit into busy lives. With eating concerns she aims to rebuild healthier patterns without hurry.

Amanda also supports people dealing with chronic illness, caregiver strain and body image worries. She listens for patterns linked to attachment, abandonment and control issues and helps people find clearer ways to relate to themselves and others.

Her style is warm and calm. She encourages clients to set realistic goals and notices progress along the way. Amanda offers steady support while people build skills for longer term coping and wellbeing.

Evidence-informed approaches and online therapy

Amanda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions and practical skill building. One common approach focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with real-life experiments, which helps reduce anxiety and improve daily coping. Another area emphasises grief processing through paced conversation and memory work, helping people make sense of loss while keeping daily routines intact.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Amanda will collaborate with each person to choose strategies that match their goals, preferences and life situation. She adjusts the plan as progress is made so the approach fits the changing needs of the client.

If you are considering online therapy, please confirm current session options before booking since formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They are also useful when someone prefers to meet from a familiar location or needs a session that fits between other commitments.