Amanda Carver

Amanda Carver works from a simple but steady conviction: that the nervous system is always reaching for safety, even when someone feels overwhelmed, frozen, or far from themselves. For Amanda, therapy isn’t about fixing what’s broken — it’s about slowing down enough to understand what the body and mind are already trying to do, and building from there. Her presence is described by clients as warm and grounded, curious without pressure, and supportive without steering.

She works with teenagers, young adults, and women navigating anxiety, grief, identity, panic, major life transitions, and the particular exhaustion that comes when boundaries have quietly collapsed — including the kind of depletion that sets in when work arrives by notification at 11 p.m. and there’s no clear moment to stop being reachable. Sessions are collaborative and move at the client’s pace, drawing on trauma-informed, attachment-focused, and nervous-system-based approaches.

Amanda is a Registered Psychotherapist based in Ottawa, Ontario, offering individual counselling, crisis support, and health and wellness consultation, with online sessions available. People often find that as they feel more regulated and understood, daily life begins to carry a steadiness they hadn’t expected to feel again.