Parenting is hard. I can help.
My name is Amanda Sidell. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. I am an Inspired Coach. I am a parent who supported a teen through a life-threatening mental health crisis.
I combine my professional expertise with lived experience to guide parents in creating personalized strategies, finding clarity, and navigating their journey with confidence.
Move from confusion to confident clarity in your parenting journey.
My parent coaching services offer compassionate, expert guidance to help you navigate the challenges of raising children who are struggling with their mental health. With over 20 years working as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and firsthand experience supporting my own teen through a mental health crisis, I provide practical tools, personalized strategies, and emotional support tailored to your family's needs. Parenting can be joyous, but can also leave you feeling isolated, overwhelmed, and sometimes even terrified. As an Inspired Parenting Coach, I am here to provide empathetic and pragmatic support--whether you need guidance with parent-child interactions, help navigating the mental health system, or simply an understanding ear. My goal is to empower you with insights and skills to strengthen family connections, build resilience, and move from confusion to confident clarity with your parenting journey.
I'm offering the support I once needed and didn't have
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience supporting teens, families, and people of all ages struggling with their mental health. I was confident in my professional knowledge--until my own teen faced a mental health crisis. Suddenly, everything shifted. I felt scared, uncertain, and overwhelmed.
Supporting my child through a nearly three-year mental health crisis challenged everything I thought I knew. It forced me to rethink my approach to parenting and deepened my understanding of what it truly means to support a struggling teen.
The support available to us often left me feeling isolated. The professional mental health system offered advice, policies, and protocols--which mattered--but too often left me thinking, they just don't get it. Other parents with lived experience helped me feel seen and understood, but I worried about burdening them. And while their empathy was comforting, they often lacked the tools or knowledge to help me navigate complex mental health needs safely and practically.
What I really needed was someone who could hold both worlds: someone with enough clinical insight to guide me through the storm, and enough personal understanding to sit beside me when there were no words--someone who truly got it.
Now on the other side of that journey--watching my child thrive--I am committed to supporting other parents who find themselves in similar situations. I bring together my professional expertise and lived experience to help parents create personalized strategies, find clarity, and move forward with courage and confidence.
You are not alone. I am here to support you.
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Individual Coaching
Meet one on one with Amanda for personalized and personal parenting coaching.
Digital Resources
Practical, heartfelt tools to help you parent with more clarity, confidence, and connection--right when you need them most.
Courses
A guided, real-talk course to help you support your struggling teen with calm, clarity, and confidence--no matter where you are in the journey.
Testimonials
Morgan
As a mom of two teens in the Covid years, parenting was a daily struggle. I was lucky enough to have Amanda at my side as a support. She never hesitated to discuss the latest challenges. Sometimes we would laugh at one antic or another, but most often she provided much needed validation for how I felt. Amanda is the first to admit she may not have all the answers but will brainstorm options and ask questions to help you find answers that work for your family. Amanda provides the safe space in parenting to sit with the frustration, sadness, anxiety, and know you aren't alone.
Elizabeth
I had the privilege of working with Amanda, and the experience has truly been transformative for both me and my family. Amanda brough a wealth of knowledge, patience, lived experience, and kindness to every session. Amanda tailors her sessions and advice to meet our family's unique needs at the time, making each session feel relevant and personalized. I am so grateful to have had her support to navigate the challenges of a new mother with confidence and clarity. If you're looking for someone who listens, understand, and offers practical solutions, I wholeheartedly recommend Amanda. Her expertise has been a game-changer for me, and I'm so grateful for the positive impact she's had on our family!
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