Amanda Pisark, LCSW

Pennsylvania · 7 years in practice

Amanda Pisark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people facing stressful life moments and emotional pain.

License and registration

LCSW, Pennsylvania: CW026689 · expires February 2027
NPI: 1427910769 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 7
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Amanda

Amanda Pisark is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) who helps people facing stressful life moments and emotional pain. She meets adults across the lifespan and offers straightforward support for worry, low mood, grief, relationship strain, and changes that feel overwhelming. Her work grew from years in hospice care and retirement communities where she supported people through loss, illness, and caregiver stress.

That experience shaped a calm, practical style focused on understanding how thoughts and feelings show up in daily life and relationships.

Background and approach

In early sessions she will ask about why the person is seeking help and what they hope to change. Those conversations set short-term and long-term goals and guide how sessions are structured. She encourages clients to lead the conversation while she asks questions and offers observations to open new perspectives.

Over time she helps people build concrete coping strategies and personalized tools to use between sessions. She may suggest simple exercises to practice outside of therapy to notice patterns, manage stress, or strengthen communication skills. Her approach mixes emotion-focused work with practical techniques drawn from cognitive and acceptance-based methods.

Sessions aim to reduce distress and improve how people relate to themselves and others. Amanda keeps the pace adjustable so people can move toward goals at a speed that feels manageable.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Amanda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Coping with life changes
Stress, Anxiety
Intimacy-related issues
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Depression
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Avoidant personality
Blended family issues
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Dissociation
Divorce and separation
Emptiness
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Hospice and end-of-life counseling
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Post-traumatic stress
Social anxiety and phobia

Approaches Amanda names

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Online support

Emotion-focused care and flexible online sessions

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people tune into and name their feelings, understand patterns in close relationships, and create new ways of connecting that reduce distress. It can be useful for people who feel stuck in cycles of conflict, withdrawal, or emotional distance.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches simple skills for noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then taking actions that align with what matters most. It can help with anxiety, depression, and making difficult life changes.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds influence current behavior and relationships. It helps people see repeated patterns and try new ways of relating to others and to themselves.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and the issues they bring. She reviews progress and adapts techniques so the plan stays practical and useful.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and emotion work. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Messaging and live chat let people share thoughts between appointments or use brief check-ins during busy weeks. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing everyday life.

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Questions people ask

What concerns can Amanda help with?

She works with relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, career stress, caregiver strain, and related challenges listed in her specialties.

What is her general approach in sessions?

Sessions combine emotionally focused conversation with practical exercises. Clients are invited to lead while Amanda offers questions and observations to build new perspectives.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has seven years of clinical experience, including work in hospice and retirement community settings that shaped her focus on loss, caregiving, and life transitions.

What credentials and location should I know about?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Pennsylvania and practices with that credential in that state.

In what language are sessions held and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

Which session formats are available?

Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What do I do to get started?

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