Amanda Cassil, PhD
Dr. Amanda Cassil (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in California (PSY26549), Washington (PY61606784) and Texas (LP40433). She founded STEM Psychological Services out of a passion for working with women, underrepresented groups, and neurodivergent individuals in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math). She has expertise in treating anxiety, depression, burnout, imposter syndrome, past trauma, and chronic illness.
Many people who work with Dr. Cassil identify as high achievers and as Highly Sensitive People. Dr. Cassil values diversity and the multiple roles that individuals must navigate in their occupational, social, and familial settings, and she invites her clients to explore these dimensions within therapy.
Dr. Cassil is the author of The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person and The Self-Care Plan for the Highly Sensitive Person. In her free time, she enjoys spending time in nature, hiking, deep conversations with close friends, and painting.
Dr. Cassil discovered her passion for working with people in STEM when she worked as a pre-doctoral intern at Caltech in 2011. After graduating, she returned to Caltech to complete her postdoctoral fellowship and later worked as a staff psychologist. She left academia to open her private practice in 2014 and values the freedom to customize care for her clients. She has over a decade of experience working with people in STEM and a deep understanding of unique STEM cultures, such as academia, industry, research, start-ups, medicine, and tech.
Dr. Cassil has also worked in multiple college counseling centers (UC Riverside, Cal State Fullerton, Caltech, and Cal Poly Pomona) as a practicum trainee, intern, and staff psychologist. This background provided extensive experience in working with diverse populations, complex cases, and comprehensive care.
Books by Dr. Cassil
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The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person
Discover everyday strategies to cope with overstimulation, process intense emotions, curate your experiences and environment, communicate effectively, and practice good self care. Learn to harness your individual HSP characteristics in a way that aligns with your goals. Once you put your high sensitivity into perspective, you can truly get to know yourself.
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The Self-Care Plan for the Highly Sensitive Person
As a highly sensitive person, self-care is an important tool for maintaining your overall well-being. Learning how to identify and respond to your needs will help you feel cool, collected, and ready to handle whatever life throws your way. This book is designed to inspire and support your self-care practice with a year’s worth of reflections, exercises, quotes, and affirmations centered around your strengths and challenges.
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The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person
Chinese Tanslation
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The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person
Chinese Translation (Beijing)
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The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person
Russian Translation
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The Empowered Highly Sensitive Person
Polish Translation
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The Self Care Plan for the Highly Sensitive Person
Chinese Tanslation
