Counsellor profile
Amanda Rowland, AASW
Australia
AASW social worker - stress and grief support
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- Credentials
- AASW
- Registration
- AASW, Australia / 200514
- Experience
- 28 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Australia
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Caregiver strain
About Amanda
Amanda Rowland is an AASW social worker with 28 years of professional experience in Australia. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, eating concerns and major life changes. Amanda also supports people who are coping with compassion fatigue and the strain of caring roles.
Amanda listens for the practical problems that are wearing someone down. Sessions focus on clear steps to manage stress, calm anxiety and make everyday life more manageable. She pays attention to how loss, illness or change affects routine, appetite and energy. Codependency and patterns of putting others first are part of the issues she addresses when they come up.
Her approach is straightforward. Conversations adapt to what a person needs that week - skills practice, problem-solving or working through emotions. Amanda explains options and helps people try new ways of setting limits, improving communication and finding steadier routines.
She has worked across a range of helping roles over nearly three decades, so she brings practical experience with long-term illness, caregiver strain, ageing concerns and body-image difficulties as well as grief work. Her background makes her familiar with the pressures that lead to burnout and compassion fatigue.
People who contact Amanda can expect plain language, step-by-step discussion and an emphasis on small changes that make daily life easier. To start, she asks about immediate concerns and what a first change might look like in the coming week.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Amanda uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and practical change. One approach involves teaching coping skills and breathing or grounding exercises to reduce anxiety and manage stress in the moment. These tools are short, practiceable actions someone can use between sessions to steady day-to-day life.Another common approach is problem-solving and behavioural planning. This means breaking problems into small steps, testing straightforward changes and tracking what helps. It is useful for eating concerns, caregiver overwhelm and adjusting routines after loss or major life change.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Amanda will talk through goals, try methods and adjust what she does based on what the person finds useful. Clients and the therapist decide together which techniques to keep working on and which to change.
Confirm the therapist's available session formats before booking because the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, shorten check-ins when time is tight and allow people to join from elsewhere without travel. These practical benefits help some people keep therapy consistent alongside work, caregiving and medical appointments.
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Experience
28+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she work with?
Amanda works with stress, anxiety, grief, eating difficulties and coping with life changes. She also helps people dealing with compassion fatigue and caregiver strain.
How would you describe her style in sessions?
Her style is practical and conversational. She uses plain language and focuses on steps someone can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 28 years of professional experience working in helping roles across Australia.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is credentialed with the Australian Association of Social Workers, listed as AASW, and practices in Australia.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she provide?
Please confirm current session options before booking as the biography does not list specific formats. Check the booking flow for the available ways to meet.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.