Amanda Ulmer , LPC-MH, LPC

Amanda Ulmer is a licensed counselor in South Dakota who holds the credentials LPC-MH and LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - Mental Health and Licensed Professional Counselor. With five years of professional experience, she supports adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, parenting concerns, and difficulties with emotion regulation, motivation, self-esteem, and confidence.

Amanda approaches each person with acceptance, respect, sensitivity, and compassion, creating a space where clients can explore their concerns without judgment. She draws on evidence-informed strategies to help people build coping skills, improve communication, and strengthen relationships while honoring each client s unique story and goals.

Amanda values collaboration and aims to be a steady partner in the work of change, whether the focus is managing day-to-day stress, navigating life transitions, or addressing deeper attachment and family-of-origin patterns. She looks forward to supporting clients as they take steps toward greater resilience and wellbeing on their life journey.

Attachment and Client-Centered Care Online

Amanda integrates attachment-based work and client-centered principles alongside cognitive behavioral techniques to support change. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding patterns in close relationships - it helps people explore how early connections influence current trust, intimacy, and fears of abandonment. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy and collaboration, giving clients a respectful, nonjudgmental space to clarify values, build self-worth, and find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical tools to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can be useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Amanda works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting strategies as progress unfolds so therapy feels relevant and effective.

Online therapy with Amanda is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and reach support from home or work. These options provide flexibility in scheduling and allow clients to choose the communication style that works best for them while maintaining consistent care from licensed professionals and therapists.