About
Therapy is a kind of homecoming.
GPS — Good Psychotherapy Services — was founded on the belief that wellbeing is something you can find your way back to, with the right guide and a little patience.
Amanda Good
LCSW · EMDR-C · Founder
Meet Amanda
Amanda is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience helping individuals, families, and clinicians find their way to greater wellbeing. She brings a warm, direct approach to therapy — grounded in research, attentive to the whole person, and shaped by deep expertise in trauma, neurodivergence, and the nervous system.
Her work centers on the practical art of getting unstuck — whether you’re navigating anxiety, grief, trauma, the complicated terrain of parenting, or the slow burn of professional life. She holds advanced training in EMDR, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, and is an EMDRIA Approved Consultant.
Credentials
- Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)
- Licensed in DC, MD, VA, and NY
- EMDR-Certified Therapist (EMDR-C)
- EMDRIA Approved Consultant
- M.S.W., Catholic University of America
- B.A. in Psychology, Phi Beta Kappa, University of Richmond
The principles
Compassionate
You're met without judgment, every session.
Evidence-based
Methods drawn from rigorous research, applied with care.
Collaborative
You set the direction — I help you find the path.
Holistic
Mind, body, and the contexts you live inside, all in scope.