Amanda Halawa-Mahdi

Amanda Halawa-Mahdi, LCSW, brings twenty-three years of clinical practice in Illinois to work with individuals facing stress, anxiety, family conflict, low self-esteem, depression, and coaching needs. Her background includes extensive experience with teens and their families in juvenile justice settings, where she employed behavior change techniques across a wide range of challenges. She also offers support around body image, caregiver stress, workplace issues, and other related concerns.

Amanda combines client-centered work with several therapy models, including cognitive behavioral therapy, solution-focused strategies, motivational interviewing, psychodynamic perspectives, and trauma-focused methods. She is trained as a Professional Coach through the Co-Active Training Institute and integrates coaching skills to help people clarify values, strengthen decision making, and build confidence.

Her practice includes attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion, with active efforts to address personal and systemic bias. Amanda views each person as the expert of their own story and emphasizes strengths-based collaboration. She aims to support and empower those who choose to pursue change and a more fulfilling life.