Dr Amanda Oswalt Visher

Director of Psychological Services
Clinical Psychologist

Doctor of Psychology (USA)
Master of Science (UK)
Bachelor of Arts (USA)
Bachelor of Fine Arts (USA)
American Psychological Association Member
Hong Kong Psychological Society Registered Psychologist

Dr. Amanda Oswalt Visher is the Director of Psychological Services at SPOT. Her clinical team provides child, adolescent, individual, couples and family therapy, in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. She also conducts Psychoeducational and Autism Assessments, and hosts a number of after school and weekend groups for children.

Amanda has been working in the field of child development for over 20 years. Prior to SPOT, she has worked at:

New York University Child Study Center
Columbia University
Juvenile Hall
American Foster Care
Red Cross 9/11 Relief
Beth Israel Medical Center
Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital

Amanda approaches every therapy session and assessment with each clients’ strengths and needs in mind. She strives to make a positive difference in families and to help them overcome roadblocks and challenges that have surfaced. Amanda believes that parents are the experts when it comes to their child and that her role is to support them and work as a team with caregivers, teachers, and parents in order to understand and bring out the best in each individual. She takes a solutions oriented approach and seeks to help clients achieve tangible goals and positive life changes.

Before she became a psychologist, Amanda was an early intervention specialist and preschool teacher. Thus, she very much values the school’s role in a child’s life and understands the classroom dynamic. She aims to support teachers and administrators in empowering them with tools and tricks to help make classrooms more fun for all.

Personal information:

Amanda is originally from the United States (Florida, California and New York)
She has lived all over the US and UK and has been in Hong Kong for 10 years
She and her family of 4 are happy to be expats and enjoy traveling and adventures
She has a BFA in Theatre and was a Disney performer before her career in psychology
She was once a live-in nanny for Madonna and Brooke Shields