Amy Friedman, Ph.D.

Amy Friedman, Ph.D.
Profession(s): Counseling Psychology, Psychotherapy, Marriage & Family Therapy
License Status:  Other (see below)
Licensing Info:  Anticipated Licensure March 2009, 18 years experience, 3 postdoc
License Type:  .

My Approach to Helping

Lately, I am identifying myself as both an existential and psychoanalytic psychologist. What this basically means is that my diverse range of folks that I see have one essential thing in common (other than myself). I care deeply about making meaning in a relational context. My practice is about facilitating growth through relationship, and having clients become better able to not just relieve symptoms, but to know themselves on a deeper level, to be more open to experience life, and toward living life with greater presence, engagement, and fulfillment. My work is relational, and I hold firmly the belief in client's resiliency and their capacity to heal and discover. I am presently looking forward to fostering new relationships and facilitating a space of growth, healing, and discovery. I bring to my work a deep commitment to individual empowerment as well as compassionate caring. I believe new possibilities emerge within relationships, and look forward to helping clients discover authentic ways of being in the world with newer possibility and hope for change. I truly love this work. I am passionate about it, and am looking forward to the next chapter and new relationships it will bring, as well as deepening the relationships I currently have.

More Info About My Practice

I truly love the work that I do, providing holding, healing, and transformation in a safe and natural way. Come meet me for a free sample session, and see what possibilities we might explore together. My contact information is (617) 935 - 9116. I look forward to hopefully meeting with you.
 

Services I Provide

  • Individual Therapy & Counseling
  • Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
  • Family Therapy
  • Consultation
  • Clinical Supervision
  • Distance or Phone Therapy
 

Ages I Work With

  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Elders
 

Languages I Speak

  • English
 

Groups I Work With

  • trauma, spirituality and religion, creativity and creative professionals, fertility, pregnancy loss, pregnancy, and parenting, eating disorders, cutting, couples and families, groups, Depression, Anxiety, divorce, loss, life transition, identity issues, finding purpose and meaning.
 

Therapy Approaches I Use

  • Body-Mind Psychotherapy
  • Existential Psychotherapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  • Holistic Psychotherapy
  • Object Relations
  • Psychoanalysis / Modern Psychoanalysis
  • Relational Psychotherapy
  • Integration of different therapy models
 
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Locations & Maps
Office 1: 
1180 Beacon Street Suite 5C
Brookline, MA 02446 United States
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Office 2: 
30 Lincoln Street
Newton, MA 02461 United States
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Concerns & Issues I Help With

  • Abuse / Survivors of Abuse
  • Abandonment and/or Fear of
  • Abortion / Post Abortion Issues
  • Academic Concerns
  • Addictions (Drug & Alcohol)
  • Addictions (Other)
  • Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
  • Adoption / Reunion Issues
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Bereavement
  • Bipolar
  • Blended Family Issues
  • Career Choice
  • Caregiver Issues/Stress
  • Child and/or Adolescent Issues
  • Communication Problems
  • Creative Blocks
  • Depression
  • Dissociation
  • Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
  • Domestic Violence
  • Eating & Food Issues
  • Emptiness
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Emotional Overwhelm
  • End-of-life Adjustment
  • Family Problems
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Fertility Issues
  • Forgiveness
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, & Transgender Issues
  • Grief & Loss
  • Habits
  • Health/Medical Issues
  • Hyperactivity
  • Identity Issues
  • Impulsivity
  • Inadequacy
  • Inattention
  • Infidelity / Affair Recovery
  • Irritability
  • Isolation (Emotional & Social)
  • Learning Difficulties
  • Life Purpose/Meaning/Inner-Guidance
  • Men's Issues
  • Midlife Transition
  • Mood Disturbance
  • Mood Swings
  • Multicultural Concerns
  • Obsessions
  • Oppositional & Defiant Behavior
  • Panic
  • Parenting
  • Phobias / Fears
  • Physical Abuse
  • Physical Illness/Disease
  • Post Partum Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress
  • Prejudice / Discrimination
  • Relationships & Marriage
  • Reproduction, Pregnancy, & Birthing
  • Religion
  • Self-Care
  • Self-Confidence
  • Self-Criticism
  • Self-Doubt
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm (Cutting, etc.)
  • Self-Love
  • Sensitivity to Criticism
  • Sex / Sexuality Issues
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Shame
  • Social Phobia/Anxiety
  • Spirituality
  • Stress
  • Suicidal (Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors)
  • Suspiciousness
  • Trauma
  • Trust Issues
  • Values Clarification
  • Women's Issues
  • Workplace Issues
  • Worry
  • Worthlessness