About Amy
Amy Farkas offers calm, direct support for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and major life changes. She works to create a simple, respectful space where clients can talk through what feels overwhelming and start practical changes.
Background and approach
Amy is a licensed marriage and family therapist in California, with 15 years of experience in clinical practice. Amy helps people who struggle with self-esteem, motivation, impulsivity, and mood concerns.
She also assists those dealing with relationship strain, family of origin issues, and workplace pressures. Conversations focus on what matters most now and on steps that can be tried between sessions.
Her style balances short-term problem solving with deeper reflection. That means setting concrete goals while also looking at patterns that keep problems repeating.
Clients can expect honest feedback alongside empathic listening. Sessions commonly address codependency, communication problems, control issues, and drug or alcohol addiction.
Amy also supports people working through guilt, shame, isolation, and questions of life purpose and midlife transition. The aim is clearer decision making and steadier coping.
Daytime appointments are offered, and video sessions may be available by request depending on scheduling. Therapy sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled based on the therapist's availability.
How Amy’s Approaches Work Online
Amy uses client-centered work and motivational interviewing to support people making change. Client-centered work focuses on listening and reflecting so clients feel heard and can find their own answers; it helps with low self-esteem, isolation, and relationship concerns. Motivational interviewing is a collaborative method that helps people resolve mixed feelings and increase willingness to change, useful for addiction, impulsivity, and health-related goals.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Amy will talk with each client about their goals, preferences, and needs and then adjust methods together. That collaborative approach helps shape brief plans or deeper work based on what the person wants to prioritize.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and visual connection, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging supports quick check-ins, brief skill coaching, and ongoing encouragement between appointments. These options aim to make therapy fit into a busy life and provide flexible ways to keep momentum between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English