Amanda Warren

Amanda Warren is a licensed master social worker practicing in Michigan who helps people address stress, anxiety, relationship and family conflicts, depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy and parenting concerns, anger, self-esteem issues, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and other life changes. She holds a master’s degree in social work from Wayne State University, earned in 2014, and she maintains her Michigan LMSW credential (MI LMSW #6801096866).

Her clinical career began in 2014 as a case manager in community-based mental health. In May 2019 she transitioned into community-based therapy, and she later spent three years providing individual outpatient therapy during daytime hours before returning to community mental health. She currently serves as a lead DBT therapist and brings eight years of professional experience to her work.

Amanda’s therapeutic approach blends solution-focused brief therapy, mindfulness, empowerment strategies, cognitive behavioral theory, dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and active listening. She focuses on helping people process their concerns and identify practical solutions that fit their lives, with an emphasis on building skills and supports that promote meaningful change.

She describes her passion as helping others figure out how to live their best lives, and she approaches the therapeutic relationship as a collaborative process. Amanda acknowledges that seeking help takes strength and courage and aims to build a strong, working alliance with each person she sees.

Her typical availability is in the evening - generally between 6 or 7 p.m. and 9 or 10 p.m. depending on personal commitments - and weekend appointments can be arranged when needed. Outside of clinical details, Amanda notes personal preferences that may matter to some clients: she values direct communication, likes pets, identifies with alternative or unconventional styles, is comfortable with cursing if a client prefers that tone, appreciates tattoos and piercings, leans liberal, and sometimes wears loud hair colors.

As a social worker she states she is committed to protecting all people and expresses that recent events in the USA are not acceptable. She looks forward to working with individuals who are ready to take steps toward their goals.