Amanda Velez, LMFT
Associate Clinician
Amanda is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and has provided behavioral support and mental healthcare to the Kentuckiana community for 4 years. While Amanda’s educational background is in Social Work and Couples and Family Therapy, she has a post-graduate specialization in Anxiety Disorders and OCD. Amanda has a wide range of clinical experience that includes working with survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault, adjustment disorders, grief and loss, anxiety disorders and OCD, marital dissatisfaction, and family matters.
Amanda enjoys providing person-centered, compassionate care for children and adults and believes deeply in helping individuals achieve their personal goals. Amanda’s approach to mental healthcare is humanistic, focusing on the person’s inherent worth, strengths, and aspirations.
“Even as a young person, I’ve always known that I wanted to be a therapist. I’ve always wanted to help people to the best of my ability. It truly is a gift to be allowed to travel beside someone on their healing journey and witness the growth and change that lets a person fully live their life.”
AMANDA’S INTERESTS:
- Cooking and baking — I make the BEST chocolate chip cookies
- Gardening
- Learning how to crochet
- Snuggling with my cats
Amanda’s Guilty Pleasure:
Binge-watching cooking shows and cheesy horror movies.
Amanda’s Favorite Book:
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Amanda Velez’s Contact Information
Email: amanda.velez@truenorththerapylouisville.com
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