I’m here to help you trust yourself again.
Baton Rouge Therapist K. Amanda Morris, MSW, LCSW-BACS
Specializing in Anxiety, People-Pleasing & Emotionally Abusive Relationships
Amanda Morris is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 25 years of experience providing individual and group therapy to women in Louisiana, Florida, and Virginia.
I’m Glad You’re Here.
Hi, I’m Amanda. I may look like an average, boring middle-aged white lady, but don’t let that fool you—there’s plenty of personality in here when you get to know me a little. I’m neurodivergent and GenX, which is to say I’ve got lots of quirks, can’t find my glasses, and I question authority. I could try to sound all fancy and buttoned-up, but that’s not really me or how I work with clients. Hopefully, what you read will help you decide if I’ll work well with you. If you’re interested, the “professional” stuff is included towards the end.
A Baton Rouge Therapist Who Gets It
I became a therapist to help other women who’ve been through some shit and lived to tell about it. Asking for help (or even acknowledging that you might need it) is scary. I happen to hate it. I could be dangling from a cliff by my fingers, with two big ol’ firemen hoisting me up to safety, and I’d still want to do it all by myself. But trying to do everything on my own left me struggling a lot harder than I needed to. Through my own therapy, I’ve discovered that life gets a whole lot better (and easier) when you allow people to help you.
And yet, vulnerability can be so hard when you don’t know whom you can trust. I totally get that. Trust is earned and built over time. That’s why we go at your pace.
Because of my own trauma history (which may be different from yours), it seems like it would be so much easier to help other people with their problems than to risk the possible rejection, ridicule or indifference I might get if I ask for help. Here’s what I’ve learned, though: asking for help is necessary, because we cannot possibly get through this life without it. And another, maybe more important thing to accept is this: you are worth caring for.
Enough About Me. Let’s Talk About You.
There’s certainly no shortage of therapists and counselors in Baton Rouge who work with all kinds of issues, but I specialize in helping women who are just like you—feeling confused, lost, and exhausted from having the same argument over and over and getting nowhere. Women who’ve done everything that was supposed to make them feel happy and fulfilled, but their nervous system is screaming that something is wrong.
Maybe you’ve had therapy before, but it didn’t really help, or you have family and friends who’ve offered advice on what you “should” do, but it feels really invalidating or pushy.
Most of my clients struggle with looking very put together on the outside—but internally feel very anxious, unsteady and unseen in their relationships. They are often pulled in a thousand different directions, overwhelmed by expectations and a strong need to please others.
How I Help
So much of what brings women to therapy is the exhaustion of not trusting themselves anymore: second-guessing their reactions, minimizing their pain, and wondering if they're the problem.
Our work together creates space to slow that down.
We'll look at what's actually happening in your relationships — the patterns that keep you stuck, the people-pleasing that leaves you depleted, the anxiety that comes from constantly bracing for what's coming next. This isn’t to analyze you, but to help you understand yourself. Clarity is what makes change possible.
This also isn't about me telling you what to do. It's about learning to trust what you already know and figuring out what you actually want. You can learn more here:
Who I Work With
You don't have to have all the answers to start therapy. You just have to recognize something in what you're about to read.
I work with women throughout Louisiana, Florida, and Virginia who are:
Caught in people-pleasing patterns.
You say yes when you mean no, prioritize everyone else's needs over your own, struggle to set boundaries, and feel responsible for your partner's emotions. Your self-worth has become tied to keeping the peace and making others happy, leaving you depleted and resentful.
Dealing with chronic anxiety, self-doubt and nervous system dysregulation.
You experience constant worry, especially around your partner. You walk on eggshells, overthink every interaction, and feel physically anxious—racing heart, trouble sleeping, stomach issues. The anxiety keeps you hypervigilant and unable to relax, even in your own home.
Questioning their reality.
You're constantly second-guessing yourself, wondering if you're overreacting, or feeling like you're losing your grip on what's real. You doubt your own perceptions, memories, and feelings.
Experiencing emotional manipulation.
Your partner criticizes you, controls your decisions, monitors your whereabouts, isolates you from friends and family, or uses silent treatment and withdrawal to punish you. The relationship may involve patterns of love-bombing followed by devaluation, constant criticism, and a lack of empathy for your needs.
Struggling with an emotional bond that feels like addiction.
You feel unable to leave even though you know you should. The relationship has an intense emotional grip on you—cycling between highs and lows, hope and despair. You feel addicted to the relationship despite knowing it's hurting you.
Feeling stuck between staying and leaving.
Part of you wants to run, but another part holds onto hope that things will get better. You might be financially dependent, worried about your children, concerned about what others will think, or simply exhausted by the thought of starting over.
Ready to reclaim your life.
Despite the confusion and fear, you know something needs to change. You're tired of feeling small, invisible, and unworthy. You're ready to reconnect with yourself, trust your own judgment again, and build a life that feels authentic and safe.
My Approach
My work is relational and trauma-informed — which means I'm not just focused on what happened to you, but on how it lives in you now. How it shows up in the way you relate to others, the way you talk to yourself, and the way you move through the world.
We go at your pace. There's no pressure to have it all figured out or to arrive at answers before you're ready.
What I pay close attention to is how you experience yourself in relationships — where self-doubt creeps in, where you take on too much responsibility for others, and where old patterns show up in ways that still feel confusing. That attention, over time, is what helps things start to shift.
My Training & Education
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Master of Social Work from Louisiana State University.
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a minor in Psychology from Louisiana State University.
Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Board-Approved Clinical Supervisor in Louisiana (#7223).
Licensed for telehealth in Florida (#TPSW2396).
Licensed for telehealth in Virginia (#0904014789).
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Ongoing specialized training in relational trauma, anxiety, somatic awareness, nervous system regulation and PTSD
Trained in Trauma-Informed Treatment
Trained in Neurodiversity-Affirming Treatment of Adults
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I have 25 years of clinical experience working with women struggling with relationships that feel intense, unsteady and confusing. My approach to therapy is client-centered, trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, and rooted in Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Relational Therapy, and Psychodynamic Therapy.
