Therapist profile
Amanda Kayes-Carson "Kayes", LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor - Family and parenting concerns
Continue with AmandaAbout
- Parenting strain
- Attachment issues
- Cognitive behavioral tools
About Amanda
Amanda Kayes-Carson "Kayes" is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Colorado with 24 years of clinical experience. She works with adults on concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, relationship and family issues, and addictions. Amanda also addresses topics like ADHD, grief, intimacy-related problems, and career-related stress.
Her style is direct and person-focused. She listens to what is happening at home and helps people talk through practical steps. Sessions look at patterns in relationships and day-to-day habits that increase stress. She aims to help clients identify goals they can test between meetings.
Amanda uses approaches that include attachment-based ideas, client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior skills, and existential perspectives. That variety lets her match methods to the problem at hand, whether it is parenting strain, caregiving stress, or coping with loss.
She pays attention to family dynamics, adoption and foster care concerns, blended family matters, and issues around abandonment and attachment. She also works with people dealing with body image, codependency, substance use, domestic violence histories, and aging or caregiver stress.
Sessions are offered in English and take place from Colorado. Amanda explains credentials plainly as LPC, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor. To begin, readers are asked to use the site matching steps to schedule a first appointment and complete a short intake questionnaire.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Amanda draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how relationship patterns repeat over time. This approach can help people understand their responses to partners, parents, and caregivers and address issues like abandonment or attachment struggles.She also uses client-centered methods that focus on the person's experience in the room, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT tools are useful for anxiety, depression, parenting stress, and managing day-to-day reactions.
Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, try a few techniques, and adjust if something does not fit. That way the work evolves from practical needs and personal preferences.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Amanda will discuss pacing, homework between sessions, and which methods to emphasize so therapy fits everyday life.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
24+ years
Listed in
Colorado
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family problems does she help with?
She helps people cope with family conflict, blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and communication problems within households.
How would you describe her therapeutic approach?
Her approach mixes client-centered work with attachment-based thinking and cognitive behavioral techniques to look at patterns and build practical skills.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 24 years of professional experience working with adults on a range of concerns including trauma, anxiety, depression, and parenting stress.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in Colorado and practices from that state.
Does she see people in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
Confirm current session options before booking by following the site steps, as the biography does not list specific session formats.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule your first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.