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Amanda Alexander, Creative Performer, Jarred Elrod, Graphic Design, Psychology

Amanda Alexander | Ph.D.

While her overarching approach is humanistic and performance psychology-based, she integrates a number of systems and methods into her practice with clients. She am largely influenced by mindfulness-based practices, relational-cultural theory, feminist/multicultural theories, experiential/Gestalt theories, and DBT-based theories. Advocacy is also an important part of her professional and personal worldview, and she strives to provide services that are non-discriminatory and nurturing of all aspects of diversity.  Amanda values her own mental health and self-care, so that she can live fully and be present and effective in her work with clients. She enjoys soaking up nature and sunshine, reading, spending time with friends and family, picking around on the guitar, and keeping a regular yoga+meditation practice. Amanda also stay active through running, swimming, paddleboarding, biking, and traveling as much as humanly possible.

Amanda earned her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Tennessee and am a Certified Mental Performance Consultant for the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. She is Licensed as a Psychologist in both Florida (PY10052) and Texas (#37228). As a previous Division I athlete, she values having a team-based approach to solving problems and navigating through life’s challenges. Ultimately, she believes we can all get more out of our potential and Stretch ourselves to new possibilities when we are supported effectively. While Amanda is trained as a generalist, capable of working with individuals and couples who have a variety of concerns, her primary areas of expertise and interest are peak performance, stress management/reduction & burnout, multiculturalism and diversity, relationship health, self-esteem and identity, trauma resolution, and life transitions. She’s also collaborating on a new project for creative practitioners that is very exciting; learn more about it through the Monthly Discovery!

Amanda Alexander, Creative Performer, Jarred Elrod, Graphic Design, Psychology

Jarred Elrod | MFA