Amanda Berger-Semko

Amanda Berger-Semko, LPC offers a calm space to pause and reflect when life feels too fast. She invites people to bring their stories, their questions, and even a favorite cup of tea as they talk about what matters most. Her tone is warm and down-to-earth, aiming to help people find more meaning and direction amid daily demands.

Amanda has 17 years of experience as a licensed professional counselor in New Jersey. She has worked in schools, churches, courts, community programs, and private practice. That variety shaped a flexible approach she adapts to each person’s needs. Sessions focus on listening first, then on helping people notice patterns that keep them stuck.

She draws on attachment-based, client-centered, and mindfulness approaches to help people feel safer in relationships and more present in daily life. Amanda also uses ideas from existential and Jungian work to explore meaning, values, and identity when those questions come up. Therapy combines storytelling, reflection, and practical coping skills.

Amanda often helps people struggling with anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, and life transitions. She also supports people dealing with addiction, grief, parenting strain, body image, and caregiver stress. Her work addresses attachment wounds, abandonment fears, and family of origin concerns.

Sessions are offered in English and Amanda accepts international clients. She encourages people to make time for themselves and to treat therapy as a pause to reassess priorities and build a life they can value.

How Amanda’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Amanda often uses attachment-based and client-centered approaches along with mindfulness practices. Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns shape how someone connects and copes now, and it can help with trust, intimacy, and abandonment concerns. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and acceptance, giving people space to tell their story and set the pace for change. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce worry and increase presence in everyday life.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Amanda collaborates with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. She listens first, then offers practices and reflections that fit the individual’s needs rather than mandating one style.

Confirm the specific online session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also gives flexibility for people living outside the therapist’s immediate area, including international clients, while the focus remains on building insight, skills, and better daily routines.