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Available both in-person and online
422 Morris Avenue Long Branch, NJ 07740
I'm Amanda, providing in person and telemental for NJ & CO residents from emergent adulthood into seniority. I seek to provide a comfortable, welcoming space for clients to work through life’s challenges both large and small. Together, we’ll devote our time to cultivating growth and self-awareness while building upon existing strengths. We all have the ability to change, grow, and self-heal. Although my goal is to help clients discover and recover authentic solutions for their unique challenges; during our work together you may find that the solutions are already there, I just encourage bringing them to light!
Working in hospice and community mental health have cultivated unique skills rooted in cross-cultural awareness and compassion. Intimacy with the dying process, alongside the inextricable link between chronic illness and trauma, led me to seek new tools derived from EMDR and IFS for assisting clients while living. In 2020 I became EMDRIA certified.
My practice respects all persons and is LGBTQIA+ affirmative, committed to decolonizing therapy, offering equitable access to care, antiracism and addressing speciesism. I look forward to meeting you in all your forms.. Each time you seek therapeutic support it is a courageous choice.
Call or Amanda A. Patterson now for a free 15 minute consultation - (908) 498-7130

My Practice at a Glance

Available both in-person and online

Ocean

422 Morris Avenue

Long Branch, NJ 07740 map

(908) 498-7130

Mountain

48 County Road 250

8

Durango, CO 81301 map

My website
Please use Headway to verify insurance benefit and schedule yourself on the calendar. In person Mondays in Ocean. Not working with BCBS.
I specialize in Life Transitions, Trauma and PTSD and Depression 
$150 Per Session, I accept insurance 
Individual one-on-one therapy 
Let's Connect (908) 498-7130
Photo of Amanda A. Patterson, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA

My Practice at a Glance

Available both in-person and online

Ocean

422 Morris Avenue

Long Branch, NJ 07740 map

(908) 498-7130

Mountain

48 County Road 250

8

Durango, CO 81301 map

My website
Please use Headway to verify insurance benefit and schedule yourself on the calendar. In person Mondays in Ocean. Not working with BCBS.
I specialize in Life Transitions, Trauma and PTSD and Depression 
$150 Per Session, I accept insurance 
Individual one-on-one therapy 

Finances

Fees

  • Individual Sessions $150
  • Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible

Payment Methods

ACH Bank transfer, American Express, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mass
  • Medicare
  • Optum
  • Oscar Health
  • Oxford
  • Tribal Health
  • TriWest
  • UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
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SPRING 2026: NOT accepting Medicaid or ANTHEM members. Please use HEADWAY to verify your in network commercial benefit coverage for Aetna, Cigna, Optum (UHC/Oscar/Oxford), and find a spot for yourself on the calendar.
Photo of Amanda A. Patterson, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Amanda A. Patterson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (908) 498-7130
"
SPRING 2026: NOT accepting Medicaid or ANTHEM members. Please use HEADWAY to verify your in network commercial benefit coverage for Aetna, Cigna, Optum (UHC/Oscar/Oxford), and find a spot for yourself on the calendar.
Photo of Amanda A. Patterson, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Amanda A. Patterson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (908) 498-7130

Qualifications

  • Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of New Jersey / 44SC05774800 Amanda A. Patterson
  • Education and Years In Practice

  • In Practice for 10 years
  • Attended Saint Louis University, MSW, Graduated 2014
  • Additional Credentials

  • License: NJ LCSW 44SC05774800 / 2018
  • Certificate from Certified EMDR Therapist with EMDRIA 2020
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Maintaining Certified EMDR Therapist status with EMDRIA since 2020. MAPS trained to use MDMA in psychedelic assisted therapy, July 2023. This practice offers pre & post integration sessions for people accessing plant medicine in healing. Arriving fall 2026 therapeutic fly fishing with EMDR begins.
Photo of Amanda A. Patterson, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Amanda A. Patterson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (908) 498-7130
"
Maintaining Certified EMDR Therapist status with EMDRIA since 2020. MAPS trained to use MDMA in psychedelic assisted therapy, July 2023. This practice offers pre & post integration sessions for people accessing plant medicine in healing. Arriving fall 2026 therapeutic fly fishing with EMDR begins.
Photo of Amanda A. Patterson, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Amanda A. Patterson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (908) 498-7130

Specialties and Expertise

Top Specialties

  • Life Transitions
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Depression

Expertise

  • Alcohol Use
  • Anxiety
  • Bisexual
  • Body Image
  • Cancer
  • Chronic Illness
  • Codependency
  • Coping Skills
  • Dementia
  • Divorce
  • Geriatric and Seniors
  • Grief
  • Infertility
  • Infidelity
  • Lesbian
  • LGBTQ+
  • Mood Disorders
  • Personality Disorders
  • Polyamory & ENM
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Sex-Positive & Kink Friendly
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Substance Use
  • Veterans
  • Women's Issues
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PTSD and CPTSD which manifest as looping, anxiety, depression and walking through life distorted, irrational and dysregulated.
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Amanda A. Patterson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (908) 498-7130
"
PTSD and CPTSD which manifest as looping, anxiety, depression and walking through life distorted, irrational and dysregulated.
Photo of Amanda A. Patterson, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Amanda A. Patterson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (908) 498-7130

Client Focus

Age

Adults
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals

Communities

Bisexual Allied
Gay Allied
HIV / AIDS Allied
Intersex Allied
Lesbian Allied
Non-Binary Allied
Queer Allied
Racial Justice Allied
Sex Worker Allied
Transgender Allied

Age

Adults
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals

Communities

Bisexual Allied
Gay Allied
HIV / AIDS Allied
Intersex Allied
Lesbian Allied
Non-Binary Allied
Queer Allied
Racial Justice Allied
Sex Worker Allied
Transgender Allied

Treatment Approach

Types of Therapy

  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Compassion Focused
  • Culturally Sensitive
  • Eclectic
  • EMDR
  • Existential
  • Feminist
  • Humanistic
  • Integrative
  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Multicultural
  • Narrative
  • Psychoanalytic
  • Psychodynamic
  • Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
  • Reality Therapy
  • Relational
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
  • Somatic
  • Strength-Based
  • Transpersonal
  • Trauma Focused
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IFS informed EMDR Therapy. Together we will create positive and negative timelines, identify ego state parts and develop resources prior to desensitizing traumatic events. You will learn various interventions to support bringing you back into regulation and ultimately in touch with your inner innate healer.
Photo of Amanda A. Patterson, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Amanda A. Patterson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (908) 498-7130
"
IFS informed EMDR Therapy. Together we will create positive and negative timelines, identify ego state parts and develop resources prior to desensitizing traumatic events. You will learn various interventions to support bringing you back into regulation and ultimately in touch with your inner innate healer.
Photo of Amanda A. Patterson, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Amanda A. Patterson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (908) 498-7130

Location

Primary Location

Ocean

422 Morris Avenue

Long Branch, NJ 07740

(908) 498-7130

Additional Location

Mountain

48 County Road 250

8

Durango, CO 81301

(908) 498-7130
"
Please use Headway to verify insurance benefit and schedule yourself on the calendar. In person Mondays in Ocean. Not working with BCBS.
Photo of Amanda A. Patterson, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Amanda A. Patterson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Call for a free consultation now - (908) 498-7130
"
Please use Headway to verify insurance benefit and schedule yourself on the calendar. In person Mondays in Ocean. Not working with BCBS.
Photo of Amanda A. Patterson, Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Amanda A. Patterson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDRIA
Call for a free consultation now - (908) 498-7130