About Amy
Amy Farkas is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. She listens, offers straightforward feedback, and treats clients with respect and compassion.
Amy helps people who are struggling with self-esteem, impulsivity, and life changes. She also addresses relationship concerns, family of origin issues, and workplace stress. Many clients come for help with grief, codependency, or problems with communication.
How Amy works
Her work blends practical and reflective approaches. She uses client-centered methods to follow what matters most to the person in front of her. Solution-focused techniques aim to identify small, concrete steps that can make a difference quickly.
Amy also draws on psychodynamic and existential ideas to look at patterns that show up again and again. Motivational interviewing is part of her toolkit for people working through drug and alcohol addiction or other impulse-driven behaviors. Sessions tend to be direct, respectful, and focused on real-life goals.
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Scheduling is arranged to fit the client’s needs and can begin after a short matching questionnaire. Therapy uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
Amy lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Amy works with
The areas below are the ones Amy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Approaches and Online Options
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s own goals. The therapist creates space to talk without judgment and helps people name what matters most to them, which is useful for issues like anxiety and low self-esteem.Motivational interviewing helps people resolve mixed feelings about change. It uses guided questions and reflective listening to build motivation for steps like reducing substance use or changing impulsive habits.
Existential and psychodynamic ideas are used to look at recurring life patterns and deeper questions about meaning. These approaches help people make sense of big life changes, midlife concerns, or persistent relationship patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That process can change over time as goals shift.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video and phone let people have fuller conversations, while live chat or text can be easier for quick check-ins or when screen bandwidth is limited. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
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