Amy Phariss (she/her)

I work with clients struggling with various forms of burnout from parental burnout to job burnout to relationship burnout. We work together to process any negative beliefs resulting from "not being able to do it all." We work to identify where the burnout began and how to mitigate harm, and we work toward acceptance of what cannot change and empowerment of where clients can enact change. Supportive therapy is especially helpful for clients facing burnout.

I work with teens and adolescents who want to process the often confusing and overwhelming events in their personal lives as well as address anxiety related to academic performance, parental and societal expectation and the sense they often have of not exactly knowing themselves as well as they'd like. We explore their lives in all 8 areas of wellness, use EMDR for processing and visualization and develop healthy, adaptive coping skills to use throughout life.

Most clients with whom I work live with high levels of anxiety. Anxiety can be related to job stress, societal expectation, unprocessed trauma and relationship issues. We work to identify anxiety in the body, become mindful of how it shows up, develop coping skills for both addressing the anxiety and for preventing it, and explore the roots of anxiety in the client's life. The goal is to better understand the anxiety in order to prevent and decrease it.

CBT is a form of talk therapy that helps clients understand the connection between thoughts and behaviors. It is helpful for clients to understand how thoughts affect behaviors and to explore whether or not these behaviors are helpful or unhelpful. This is the starting point of much change and progress in feeling unstuck.

DBT is a form of CBT and is also talk therapy. DBT is incredibly helpful for clients who feel intense emotions and for clients who must accept certain situations, which may be painful or frustrating. DBT has many tools and activities for helping clients regulate emotions, create healthy behaviors and explore meaningful relationships.

EMDR is a wonderful therapy for clients who may not want to engage in hour-long talk therapy or who can't remember all of the details of a painful experience. Processing thoughts, feelings and beliefs utilizing EMDR helps the brain consolidate and process past events, store them as memories and open to healthier, more adaptive beliefs. This results in what clients often describe as a feeling of "lightness," as if burdens have been relieved and there are no longer so many rocks in your rucksack.