In the Media
Amanda Marks, LPC, LMHC, CPCS in the Media
Amanda Marks, LPC, founder of Resilient Counseling, has been featured as a mental health expert and interviewed by publications and podcasts on topics including trauma, EMDR therapy, eating disorders, body image, anxiety, nervous system regulation, and mental wellness.
Through her work as a therapist, Amanda brings a trauma-informed and body-aware perspective to conversations about mental health, helping make complex topics more accessible and practical.
Eating Disorders, Body Image & Food
GLP-1s Silence ‘Food Noise’—But What If That Noise Matters?
Featured in: Women’s Health
Topic: Eating disorder recovery, weight stigma, body image, and diet culture
Amanda Marks, LPC, LMHC, CPCS was featured as an eating disorder expert in Women’s Health discussing the increasingly common conversation around “food noise” and GLP-1 medications. Amanda shared insight into why food-related thoughts aren’t inherently unhealthy—and why it’s important to consider the difference between distressing food preoccupation and the body’s normal signals for hunger, nourishment, and pleasure.
The article explores the importance of nuance when discussing GLP-1 medications, appetite, eating disorders, and our relationship with food, particularly for people with a history of restrictive eating or disordered eating.
How Yoga Can Support Eating Disorder Recovery
Featured in: Equip Health
Topic: Eating disorder recovery, yoga, embodiment, body image, and mindful movement
Amanda Marks, LPC, LMHC, CPCS, contributed her clinical perspective on incorporating yoga and yogic practices into therapy for eating disorder recovery. She discusses using yoga to help clients reconnect with their bodies, observe thoughts without judgment, and become more present with their emotions and physical experiences.
Can You Follow a Vegan Diet During Eating Disorder Recovery?
Featured in: Equip Health
Topic: Eating disorders, veganism, vegetarianism, and food rules
Amanda discusses the importance of exploring whether vegetarian or vegan eating is aligned with a person's values or has become connected to eating disorder behaviors. She emphasizes the importance of looking at the individual's relationship with food in collaboration with their treatment team.
The Weight Loss Drug Boom Is Amplifying Weight Stigma
Featured in: Shape
Topic: Weight stigma, body image, eating disorders, and diet culture
Amanda shares her perspective on how the growing cultural focus on weight loss medications can reinforce weight stigma and the belief that larger bodies need to be changed or "fixed." She discusses the emotional impact of weight-based discrimination and the messages people receive about body size and worth.
Post-Meal Distress in ED Recovery: Why It Happens and 7 Ways to Cope
Featured in: Equip Health
Topic: Eating disorder recovery, anxiety, food-related distress, and coping skills
Amanda explains why distress after eating can be such a common part of eating disorder recovery. She discusses how eating disorders can function as coping strategies and why developing new, safer coping skills is an important part of recovery.
5 Ways to Deal with Body Anxiety
Featured in: Spirituality+Health
Topic: Body image, body anxiety, weight stigma, trauma, and self-compassion
Amanda shares insights into the relationship between body anxiety, diet culture, weight stigma, and trauma. She discusses how body concerns can sometimes become a more tangible place to focus anxiety that originates from other areas of life and offers strategies for developing a more compassionate relationship with the body.
5 Ways to Practice Body Neutrality as You Age
Featured in: Spirituality+Health
Topic: Body neutrality, aging, body image, and self-worth
Amanda discusses how diet, beauty, and wellness culture can contribute to anxiety about aging and appearance. The article explores body neutrality as an alternative to the pressure to constantly love or change your body.
4 Ways Your Relationship to Food Impacts Your Sensuality
Featured in: Spirituality+Health
Topic: Food, sensuality, body image, pleasure, and eating disorders
Amanda explores the connection between our relationship with food and our ability to experience pleasure, intimacy, and connection. She discusses how restriction and preoccupation with food can affect other areas of life, including relationships and sexuality.
Trauma, EMDR & Yoga
Healing Sexual Trauma Through EMDR and Yoga
Featured on: Freak Out Free Podcast with Claire Dr. Sadohl
Topic: Sexual trauma, EMDR therapy, yoga, and trauma recovery
Amanda joins the Freak Out Free Podcast to discuss healing from sexual trauma through EMDR and yoga. She shares her experience working with complex trauma and discusses the ways EMDR and body-based practices can support trauma recovery.
Trying to Keep Your Yoga Teaching Inclusive? Doing This Might Send a Different Message
Featured in: Yoga Journal
Topic: Yoga, body image, inclusivity, and representation
Amanda shares her perspective as both a therapist and yoga teacher on how yoga photography and social media can unintentionally make the practice feel inaccessible. She discusses the importance of representation and showing that yoga can be practiced by people with a wide range of bodies and abilities.
Anxiety, Nervous System Regulation & Mental Wellness
6 Specific Ways to Soothe Your Nervous System
Featured in: Spirituality+Health
Topic: Anxiety, nervous system regulation, stress, and grounding
Amanda explains how the nervous system responds to perceived threats and discusses the difference between sympathetic activation and a regulated, connected state. She shares practical strategies for helping the body move toward greater regulation when anxiety feels overwhelming.
6 Effective Self-Soothing Techniques for Stress Management
Featured in: Rest Equation
Topic: Stress, anxiety, grounding, and self-soothing
Amanda shares practical self-soothing strategies for managing stress and helping the nervous system move from a heightened state toward greater calm and connection.
10 Essential Tips for Clients to Stay Committed to Their Therapeutic Goals
Featured in: Rest Equation
Topic: Therapy, mental health goals, motivation, and personal growth
Amanda shares practical guidance for clients who want to stay engaged with their therapeutic goals, including the importance of realistic expectations, identifying personal values, and remembering the reasons behind the work of therapy.
Women in Wellness: Amanda Marks of Resilient Counseling on the Five Lifestyle Tweaks That Will Help Support People's Journey Towards Better Wellbeing
Featured in: Authority Magazine
Topic: Mental wellness, self-care, boundaries, trauma, and wellbeing
In this in-depth interview, Amanda discusses her journey as a therapist and the experiences that shaped Resilient Counseling. She shares five lifestyle shifts that can support mental wellness, including developing boundaries, reducing people-pleasing, and living more intentionally and authentically.
Pets and Mental Wellness: Amanda Marks of Resilient Counseling on How to Maximize the Mental Health Benefits of Having a Pet
Featured in: Authority Magazine
Topic: Mental health, anxiety, emotional regulation, attachment, and pets
Amanda discusses the mental health benefits of the human-animal bond, including companionship, stress reduction, emotional regulation, social support, and the sense of purpose that can come from caring for another living being.
Therapy & Relationships
8 Key Considerations When Choosing Between Online and Offline Therapy
Featured in: Rest Equation
Topic: Online therapy, in-person therapy, connection, and mental health treatment
Amanda shares her perspective on choosing between virtual and in-person therapy, including the importance of comfort, vulnerability, connection, privacy, and finding a therapy setting that allows you to feel safe enough to do meaningful work.
21 Quotes About Narcissism From Actual Therapists
Featured in: Choosing Therapy
Topic: Narcissism, relationships, boundaries, and mental health
Amanda has been featured among therapists providing professional perspectives on narcissism, relationships, and patterns that can affect emotional wellbeing.
30 Quotes About BPD From Actual Therapists
Featured in: Choosing Therapy
Topic: Borderline personality disorder, relationships, emotional regulation, and therapy
Amanda has been featured among therapists sharing professional perspectives related to borderline personality disorder, emotional experiences, relationships, and mental health treatment.
More From Amanda
Amanda Marks, LPC, is the founder of Resilient Counseling, a trauma-informed therapy practice serving clients in Marietta, Georgia, and Coconut Creek, Florida, as well as through telehealth where appropriate.
Her clinical work focuses on trauma, anxiety, eating disorders, body image, and related concerns. She incorporates EMDR therapy and other trauma-informed and body-aware approaches into her work, with an emphasis on helping clients understand the connection between their experiences, emotions, thoughts, bodies, and nervous systems.
Amanda is also the founder of EMDR Confidence Lab, where she provides EMDR training, consultation, and support for therapists.
Media Inquiries
Amanda is available for media interviews and expert commentary on topics including:
Trauma and PTSD
EMDR therapy
Anxiety and nervous system regulation
Eating disorders and disordered eating
Body image and body neutrality
Weight stigma and diet culture
Yoga and mental health
Stress and emotional regulation
Mental health and wellness
Relationships and attachment
Learn more about Amanda and Resilient Counseling's therapy services, or explore the Resilient Counseling blog for additional resources on trauma, EMDR, anxiety, eating disorders, and body image. If you’re interested in contacting Amanda for an interview or to contribute her expertise on these topics, email her.