Amanda Polk, LISW-CP

Amanda Polk is a licensed clinician who brings a decade of experience to work with individuals, couples, and families facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship challenges. She holds an MSW - a Master of Social Work - and practices as an LISW-CP, a licensed independent social worker with clinical practice credentials, and her background also includes a bachelor’s degree in criminology. Her training and lived experience inform a practical, strengths-based approach that focuses on helping people find tools for everyday life and deeper healing.

Amanda is a military veteran with 25 years of service in the Army and the South Carolina Army National Guard, including deployment during Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. That service shaped her commitment to supporting others, and she has also served her community as a Guardian Ad Litem advocating for abused and neglected children and as a licensed therapeutic foster parent. These roles contribute to her experience with adoption and foster care concerns, trauma and abuse recovery, and veteran or first responder issues.

She integrates evidence-based techniques such as cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, trauma-focused methods, and mindfulness within a client-centered framework to tailor care to each person or couple. Amanda brings particular expertise in treating mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, dissociation, personality-related concerns, panic, and challenges around guilt, shame, and self-harm. Her practice emphasizes collaboration, practical strategies, and building trust to help clients move toward healing and clearer life purpose.