Individual therapy (sometimes called counseling or psychotherapy) is available either in person or via telehealth options. Your decision to actively improve your life is an important one, and you will likely find that the process of finding a therapist can be frustrating and overwhelming... but ultimately worthwhile when you find a therapist that you connect with, be your authentic self with, trust with your cherished stories, and are able to grow with.

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Dr. Amendolace has advanced training and expertise in helping people with the following concerns:

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• Depression

  • Persistent and life-long​

  • Situational

  • Bipolar

• Anxiety and Phobias

• Relationship Difficulties

  • Friendships​

  • Parent-Child

  • Family dynamics

  • Romantic 

  • Professional

• Life Transitions

• ​Grief, Loss, or Bereavement

• Difficulties with Self-Worth

• Eating Issues

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

• Professional/Career Issues

• College/Graduate School Issues

• Medical and Health Concerns

• Pain Management 

• Stress Management

• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

• Sexual Abuse

• Shame

• Gender Identity Support

• LGBTQIA Support

• Other Issues 

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Dr. Amendolace's approach to therapy:

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If you are alive, you suffer. If you have ever loved someone, it is natural to feel sad when they are sad, or feel grief when you lose that person. While we typically associate grief with death and dying, many of us are grieving throughout our lives. We grieve for the loss of our past identities, relationships, and abilities. But suffering is not just about pain, psychological or otherwise. Humans don’t just have pain; they agonize over their painful memories, uncomfortable emotions, and difficult self-evaluations. They worry about them, they dread them, they engage in all kinds of activities to avoid them. "If you don't want it, you got it"

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on human suffering, the role that language plays in that suffering, the ways that we avoid experiencing the full experience of our lives, while helping people connect to what matters most. It’s about reaching beyond suffering to the larger purpose of people’s lives and helping them get active in really living. ACT is centered on such questions as “What do you really want your life to be about?” or “If you lived in a world where you could have your life be about anything, what would it be?” "Imagine if you treated yourself like someone you loved deeply and unconditionally, how would your behavior change?"

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ACT (said as one word, not the letters) is a new cognitive-behavior therapy that has gained increasing attention in recent years. ACT emphasizes such processes as mindfulness, acceptance, and values in helping clients overcome obstacles in their lives. A basic assumption of ACT is that suffering is a normal and unavoidable part of human experience and that it is actually people’s attempts to control or avoid their own painful experiences that lead to much long-term suffering and the development of patterns and routines that do not work in people’s lives. While we are socialized to believe that stories end with "happily ever after," experience teaches us that laugh is much more complex, and our human experience needs to be interpreted and respected in context. "Start living life in the present, aware of what is going on both internally and externally, and without the cruel judgments that have tortured you for too long."

 

Our therapy will be centered on establishing safe, yet challenging, experiences that will help you understand why you have developed the stories and narratives that you currently hold about yourself, others, and the world. We will identify the patterns in your life that both work and do not work for you, and create meaningful, life-changing goals to achieve in the short and long term journey of self-growth.

"The most difficult things to do are usually the right things to do"