Empowering individuals and relationships to heal, grow, and thrive.
At Amy Hermann Therapy, we provide a nurturing and compassionate environment for individuals, families, and couples seeking to improve their mental health and relationships. Our goal is to help you find greater freedom, self-expression, and joy by providing a space of warmth, understanding, and acceptance. We believe that through support and feedback, you can begin to see yourself more clearly and recognize new, healthier choices that can result in real and lasting changes.
Services Offered
As a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Professional Clinical Counselor, Amy Hermann provides psychotherapy and counseling services to children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples. Our areas of focus include:
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Stress management
- Relationship problems
- Conflict resolution
- Communication skills
- Child behavioral issues
- Separation anxiety
- Selective mutism
- ADD/ADHD
- Self-esteem
- Life transitions
- Life-changing events (accidents, divorce, loss, etc.)
- Trauma
- Abuse
Therapeutic Approach
At Amy Hermann Therapy, we take a warm, accepting, and compassionate approach to therapy. We believe that every person is unique, and we strive to meet you where you are at in the moment with the situations you face and the emotions you feel. Our goal is to support the development of greater self-awareness and a clear, healthy, internal sense of what is best for you.
We are pro-active in pointing out perceptions and behaviors that may be contributing to your own suffering and sabotaging your success. We will challenge you to try new things within the session as well as in your daily life. Our goal is to help you develop the tools and skills necessary to respond to life's challenges in a healthy and empowering way.
About Amy Hermann
Amy Hermann has been providing psychotherapy and counseling services in Santa Barbara since 2006. She holds a Master's Degree in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute and a Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology from Stanford University. She has experience working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and speaks conversational Spanish.
In addition to her work as a psychotherapist, Amy has worked as a school counselor, ESL teacher, mentor teacher, curriculum specialist, and organic farmer. She has also provided guidance to teenagers regarding pregnancy prevention, tutored students, and taught various after-school art classes at several elementary schools.
Outside of her work as a therapist, Amy enjoys nature, hiking, craftwork, photography, travel, horses, and her dogs & three cats. She enjoys photographing Native California Wildflowers and has a passion for helping others.
