Amanda Parulski , LCSW

Amanda Parulski is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Oregon with 11 years of professional experience helping adults and families navigate life transitions. She offers short-term, solution-based therapy that centers on clients strengths and practical strategies to address immediate concerns. Amanda blends a strengths-focused approach with solution-focused techniques to help people manage stress and anxiety, resolve family conflicts, cope with grief and loss, and improve parenting skills.

Amanda works from the perspective that each person is the expert of their own story, and she partners with clients to identify resources and build sustainable coping skills. Her practice places emphasis on clear goals, measurable progress, and empowering clients to move forward from difficult circumstances. She also brings experience supporting blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, divorce and separation, hospice and end-of-life concerns, pregnancy and childbirth issues, women's health matters, and young adult challenges.

As an LCSW Amanda combines clinical training with a pragmatic, collaborative style aimed at helping clients find workable solutions and greater resilience. She strives to create a respectful, validating environment where people can explore change and develop tools to face future challenges with confidence.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Amanda draws from client-centered therapy, narrative therapy, and solution-focused therapy to tailor care to each person she works with. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and validation while centering the client as the author of their experience; this approach helps when people need a supportive space to explore emotions and make decisions. Narrative therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and their relationships and helps separate problems from identity, which can be useful for shifting unhelpful patterns and reclaiming strengths. Solution-focused therapy concentrates on practical steps and short-term goals to create change quickly, making it well suited to stress, anxiety, and immediate family or parenting challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Amanda collaborates with clients to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Together they set priorities and adjust the approach as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Amanda is available through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options offer flexibility for scheduling, make it easier to maintain continuity of care around busy lives, and allow clients to engage in therapy from locations that work best for them.