Amy Farkas, LMFT - Therapist in California

About Amy

Amy Farkas is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addictions. She offers straightforward listening and honest feedback to help clients make changes. Her manner is respectful and compassionate, aimed at people who are worried and need clear guidance.

With 15 years of experience, Amy draws from several therapy styles to match what each person needs. She uses client-centered work to follow the client's lead and motivational interviewing to help build readiness for change.

Background and approach

Solution-focused techniques help set small, achievable goals while psychodynamic ideas can be used to look at patterns rooted in family history. Amy often addresses relationship and family concerns along with codependency and communication problems. She also works with issues like control struggles, impulsivity, and drug and alcohol addiction.

Workplace stress, social anxiety, midlife questions, and finding life purpose are additional areas she supports. Sessions may begin by clarifying immediate needs and setting short-term goals. Amy aims to balance practical steps with attention to deeper emotions and past influences when that feels helpful.

She listens for patterns and offers concrete tools to try between sessions. Amy is licensed in California as LMFT number 88930 and conducts work in English. Scheduling is limited to daytime hours and video sessions are available upon request based on availability.

How Amy’s approaches translate to online care

Amy uses client-centered methods that focus on the person's priorities and immediate concerns. That means she listens first, follows the client's lead, and helps shape sessions around what matters now. She also uses motivational interviewing to explore ambivalence and strengthen motivation for change, which is useful for addictions, impulsivity, and making life adjustments.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. During early sessions she will help you identify which methods feel most helpful and adapt them as goals shift. Clients and therapist work together to blend practical steps with deeper reflection when needed.

Online work can include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. These options make it easier to keep momentum between sessions and to use therapy during busy daytime hours. The variety of formats supports flexible planning and follow-through while keeping the focus on actionable steps and emotional support.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Existential Therapy

Takes the larger questions seriously: meaning, choice, mortality, responsibility. Suited to periods when the difficulty is less a symptom than a sense that something has to change.

Motivational Interviewing

A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

Amy works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addictions. She also focuses on relationship and family issues, codependency, and communication problems.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style blends client-centered listening with practical techniques. Sessions often include goal setting, motivational interviewing, and occasional exploration of past patterns.

How much experience does she have?

She has 15 years of professional experience supporting people through life transitions, mood concerns, and addictive behaviors.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is a licensed marriage and family therapist - LMFT - with California license number CA LMFT 88930 and practices in California.

Which languages are supported and can she work with international clients?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions are available upon request depending on availability.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. Then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience: 15 years
Licensed: California
Languages: English

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