Amanda Berger-Semko, LPC

New Jersey · 17 years in practice

Amanda Berger-Semko is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey who offers a calm space to pause and reflect when life feels overwhelming.

License and registration

LPC, New Jersey: 37pc00386400 · expires November 2026
NPI: 1023246709 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 17
Languages: English

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About Amanda

Amanda Berger-Semko is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in New Jersey who offers a calm space to pause and reflect when life feels overwhelming. She listens as people tell their stories and helps them sort through strong emotions. Amanda encourages clients to step away from daily demands and consider meaning, values, and direction in their lives.

She draws on 17 years of experience across schools, churches, courts, community programs, and independent practice.

Background and approach

That range informs a flexible, person-focused way of working. Sessions are conversational and attuned to each person’s rhythm rather than a rigid set of steps. Amanda uses Existential ideas to help people name what matters and to face life’s big questions.

Attachment-based and client-centered approaches guide how she builds trust and supports change. She also brings mindfulness and Jungian perspectives when they fit a person’s needs. Common concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, mood concerns such as depression and bipolar, and attention-related struggles like ADHD.

She also helps with family of origin issues, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and parenting challenges. Amanda aims to walk alongside people as they explore purpose, selfhood, and connection. Her tone is warm and down-to-earth, inviting curiosity and honest conversation.

Sessions are designed to help people identify what they want to change and find workable steps to move forward.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Amanda lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse
Intimacy-related issues
Coping with life changes
Addictions
LGBT
Family conflicts
Grief
Eating disorders
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Commitment issues
Control issues
Divorce and separation
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Fertility issues
Forgiveness
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Sexuality
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Amanda names

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Online support

Approaches that guide online sessions

Amanda often uses Existential Therapy to help people face big life questions about meaning, purpose, and identity. This approach invites reflection on values and helps when someone feels stuck, empty, or unsure about next steps. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at how early connections shape current relationships and emotional patterns; it can help with intimacy issues, abandonment fears, and family of origin concerns. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening deeply and following the person’s lead so goals emerge from what matters most to them.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Amanda treats choosing a method as a collaborative process and will discuss options based on a person’s goals and preferences. Together they decide what to try first and adjust as needed over time.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video is useful for fuller conversation and nonverbal cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and chat or messaging can suit ongoing reflections or brief check-ins between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules change.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Amanda help with?

She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, mood concerns like depression and bipolar, ADHD, and many family-related and identity concerns.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Amanda uses a conversational, person-centered style that emphasizes meaning and connection. She combines Existential ideas with attachment and mindfulness perspectives to match each person’s needs.

What is her professional background?

She has 17 years of experience working in schools, churches, courts, community programs, and independent practice, which informs a flexible approach to care.

Where is she licensed and practicing?

Amanda is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in New Jersey and bases her practice there.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and she also accepts international clients.

What session formats are available online?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Amanda?

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