Our Young Adult Transitions program is designed for individuals ages 17 to 29.
Amanda Mosse, LCSW, is a Primary Therapist at Engage Young Adult Transitions in Cedar City, Utah, where she works with young adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, attachment, identity, relationships, emotional regulation, and the transition toward greater independence.
Amanda brings 17 years of experience in mental and behavioral health across wilderness therapy, residential treatment, private practice, and medical settings. Throughout her career, she has worked with adolescents, young adults, adults, and families across different levels of care and stages of life.
Amanda earned her Bachelor of Arts from Lewis University, with concentrations in Social Work and Sociology, and her Master of Social Work from Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
She especially enjoys working with young adults and emerging adults as they navigate the developmental challenges and opportunities that come with this stage of life. Her clinical work includes anxiety, depression, trauma and attachment, emotional regulation, identity and self-esteem, family and relationship dynamics, and significant life transitions. She also has experience working with neurodivergent individuals and members of the LGBTQ+ community and is committed to creating an affirming, respectful, and individualized therapeutic environment.
Trauma and attachment have been important areas of Amanda’s clinical work throughout her career. She helps clients explore how earlier experiences and relationships may influence how they understand themselves, connect with others, manage emotions, respond to stress, and approach independence in the present.
Her trauma-informed approach focuses on understanding the whole person rather than treating symptoms in isolation. This includes considering relationships, developmental experiences, strengths, coping patterns, identity, environment, and the young adult’s own goals for treatment.
Amanda’s experience in wilderness and residential treatment helped shape her belief that meaningful change does not happen only in the therapy office. Growth also occurs through relationships, everyday challenges, successes, setbacks, and opportunities to practice new ways of responding in real life.
That perspective fits naturally with Engage’s community-based model. Young adults are able to take what they are learning in therapy and apply it to relationships, education, employment, independent living, health, and participation in the broader community.
Amanda’s therapeutic style is warm, relational, trauma-informed, and strengths-based. She incorporates motivational interviewing, trauma-focused approaches, experiential therapy, emotional regulation skills, and coping strategies based on the needs of each individual.
She places a strong emphasis on the therapeutic relationship and creating an environment where young adults can be honest, vulnerable, and understood while also being encouraged to take greater ownership of their choices, relationships, and goals.
Amanda believes effective therapy should balance compassion and support with autonomy, accountability, and increasing independence. She helps young adults recognize the strengths they already possess, understand patterns that may be keeping them stuck, and develop practical skills for moving forward.
Rather than defining success for a young adult, Amanda works collaboratively with each person to understand what a meaningful and fulfilling life looks like for them. This may involve healing from trauma, improving relationships, developing greater emotional stability, exploring identity, understanding neurodivergence, building confidence, or learning how to manage more of adult life independently.
At Engage, Amanda values the role of family, peers, relationships, and therapeutic community in the change process. Opportunities to practice communication, boundaries, emotional regulation, problem-solving, relationship skills, and independence in everyday life can help bridge the gap between what is discussed in therapy and what happens outside of the therapy room.
Outside of work, Amanda enjoys spending time with her family and kids, coaching soccer, volunteering, skiing, hiking, traveling, crafts, game nights, concerts, and finding new adventures. She values connection, laughter, new experiences, and making time for the people and activities that bring meaning and enjoyment to life.
