Amanda Luree Smith, LPC

09/23/2025

It is important that you have pain relief options and do not feel guilty about it. Please listen to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and take care of your body.

02/08/2024

High School Sleep Study The High School Sleep Study is for high schoolers, ages 14-19, who sometimes experience low mood or depression. We hope to learn more about how sleep and biological rhythms impact mood, response to stressors, and brain function Click here to see if you’re eligible! Two Stud...

01/26/2023

If I had a penny for the number of sessions that include conversations about division of labor, I'd be rich. No kidding. In therapy, I will work with you to uncover personal stories that impact how your body responds in these relationships, as well as how to identify internal barriers to strong communication. You can have the skills and STILL not be able to use them. That's the value of therapy. But, if you want some good tips and tricks to get conversation and emotion moving, check out this article!

So, you think your husband or wife is lazy. Before you confront them or start an argument, this advice can help guide the way.

10/31/2022

At school drop-off today, it was so fun seeing all the kids dressed for Halloween. It’s such a great time to get in touch with the expansive nature of fun. So, I ask, if fun was your chosen value…

10/11/2022

Join us today for our first dinner group for working/busy parents @ Parenting Now on centennial loop! 5:30-6pm we will share a light dinner and hold group 6-7 for you and any members of your family that want to join. Childcare will be provided!

04/22/2022

It’s almost the weekend, and for many of us a time to slow down or engage in activities of another kind of routine. So, what is one small, or big, act of kindness that you will offer your body this weekend?

04/01/2022

“Acceptance saves lives. Rejection risks them."

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A small group of legislators eroding trans rights won't win, but how many trans people must die in the process?

01/31/2022

For the struggling…

It’s all fun and games
And sexy breathing exercises for birth
And romantic plans about how he’ll take the baby while you do yoga every day

Until you’re 10 days postpartum
Still bleeding and soaked in breastmilk
Riding a roller coaster of hormones and sleep deprivation
And your lovely partner forgets to pick up a smoothie on his way home from the grocery store

And you lose your sh✨t
Like sobbing into the bathroom sink
Like cursing his mother
Like wondering why you ever procreated with someone capable of such unimaginable selfishness

And then, when the storm has passed, and you’ve had a snack- you realize
Two shaky, raw, sleep deprived humans
Trying to be life rafts for one another
While sinking into the depths of exhaustion and stress
Keeping the tiniest, most fragile, precious being afloat
Is hard AF

We weren’t meant to do this alone
We were not meant to be sent out to sea on a tiny little life boat with no map
Even the most loving, stable partnership can sink under the weight of operating in survival mode while finding your footing as parents

So, if you’re out there, treading water
Buried in laundry and breastmilk
Surviving on freezer pizza and three hours of sleep
Thinking mildly unkind thoughts about the person you chose to parent with
Because he can’t seem to calm the baby or remember your smoothies or grasp the depths of the earth shaking transition you’re navigating
You’re not alone
And it will get easier
One sleepy, shaky day at a time

🧡Words and image by the beautiful Catie Atkinson 🧡

01/06/2022

As a neurodiversity affirmative therapist, I often speak to these invisible experiences. Learning how sensory integration impacts how we navigate through the world is important. It’s affirming for self-worth, directive exposure, and increased self-acceptance. I hope someday everyone will see the impact of sensory integration on how we interact with one another and our environments. I encourage everyone and anyone to listen to this short talk. It may give you insight into yourself, or someone you care about.

Are you comfortable right now? How do your clothes feel against your skin? How does food feel inside of your mouth? Sensory integration is something we take ...

10/21/2021

Life After Loss - 6 Week Cohort In-Person/Virtual Support Group Designed To Help Individuals Who Have Experienced The Inexpressible Grief Following Pregnancy Or Infant Loss.

A Key Component Of Healing Takes Place In Community; Therefore, Individuals Will Move Through Their Own Unique Process While Being Supported By The Small Group And Larger Community (Facebook Group) Who Are Bonded By The Same Life Experience.

Over Six Weeks You Will Cover Topics Like:

Ways to care for yourself

The First Holidays

Acknowledge where you are in the stages of grief

Healthy Coping Tools

Mental Health and Resources

and more.



The Program
Life After Loss is inspired and funded from the donations made in honor of the babies gone too soon.

The program will accommodate bereaved parents who are selected based on admissions criteria. The program is available to all who qualify regardless of race, religion, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

The program will offer a 6 week cohort group along with 24/7 text support, Facebook community, monthly meet ups for those in the cohort and those waiting to start. More information and link to register can be found on our website www.WellMama.help/lifeafterloss

10/07/2021

October is pregnancy and infant loss month. 1 in 4 may be staggering to you, or it may seem more than true, but so many are intimately affected. Please join me this month in noticing, acknowledging, and remembering those who have made a great impact in the lives of others despite the realization of a full life.