Amy Serafin Counseling, LLC

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Hey there chronically stressed human! Feeling any of the following?

anxious, pissed off, misunderstood, overly-sensitive, deprived, worthless, burnt-out, uncomfortable with vulnerability, or never good enough?

Life’s really effing hard, isn’t it? You don’t have the support system you need… who does?! And the childhoods we carry inside of us? If you haven’t lost those memories already, I bet you’re trying to. But the hardships of past and present, if unattended-to, can lead to:

anxiety and depression

interpersonal conflict

consuming thoughts

avoidant tendencies

anger outbursts

sleep disturbances

substance misuse

frequent spaciness

physical ailments and chronic pain

That’s where I come in.

What I do:

offer curiosity about your stories and perspectives

meet you without judgement or agenda

listen to your current circumstances and how your feelings and behaviors may connect to your past

help you navigate boundaries and sense of connection with others

affirm your self-worth and lovability

Simply through talking, we will explore your emotions, thoughts, and physical sensations to help you…

gain deeper self-awareness, insight, and resiliency.

My practice is and will always be LGBTQIA+ affirming, body positive, trauma sensitive, culturally sensitive (related to race, ethnicity, gender, regional identity, religion, political perspective, etc.) sex-positive, and mindful of neurodivergence and varying abilities.

Let’s start with a “hello.” Click HERE to set up a free consultation today.

Services At A Glance

Click below for more details about the types of therapy and services I provide.

Individuals

Get 1 on 1 support and carefully excavate the roots of your challenges and your power to manage them differently

Groups

Increase access to connection and enhance your self understanding with support of multiple perspectives

Consultation

Bring me in for corporate / non-profit / group trainings on self-care, suicide prevention, and improving health outcomes for employees during stressful times {email or call for info}

About

You’ll learn the most about my practice through conversation. Click here to set it up.

Here are the people and issues I love to work with:

Populations

Adults who have/had narcissistic and/or just plain difficult parents
Those who experienced physical and emotional abuse, neglect, sexual trauma, and attachment trauma
Perfectionists
Highly-sensitive people (“HSPs”)
Late-diagnosed autistic adults, ADHDers and other neurotypes
Parents in burnout
Therapists, health care providers, and helpers
Postpartum and expecting mothers

Specialties

Anxiety, depression, and Complex-PTSD
Trauma
Life transitions
Relationship conflicts
Perinatal mental health
Complicated grief
Chronic pain and illness
Stress related to culture, race, sexuality & gender, politics, religion, Covid, and current events

As for me:

Hey! I’m Amy

Clients find me warm, flexible, humorous, authentic, and direct. Behind the scenes I am a psychoanalytical thinker, but I focus on building trust and safety in my clinical relationships so we can dig into the feelings that drive you.

Here’s the thing:

I believe growth and change can occur gradually and gently, and all-the-more powerfully when you talk freely about your past and present experiences. I respect that therapy is vulnerable, so I don’t force things. I will not short-change you with ineffective “quick fixes.” I will be committed to helping you understand your core beliefs and a life-time of conditioning so you can have more choice and control in how you connect with others, behave, and feel, especially in stressful situations.

Change starts by simply building a safe relationship together. Click here to get to know me more.

Let’s connect

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You can also reach me directly at:

amyserafincounseling@gmail.com

512-803-4125

I’m eager to learn your stories and help you flourish.