People tend to reach out for therapy when they are in transition and ready for change . Maybe you are needing guidance in navigating the way. It takes courage and strength to ask for help. I encourage a warm interactive relationship with my clients. You are invited to share your authentic self in a safe and secure environment. Developing trust is key in the therapeutic relationship and can lead to empowering results.
Are you seeking guidance and direction from a therapist? If so, I can help. Maybe you are feeling anxious or suffering from loneliness and isolation whether it be in or out of a relationship. Therapy can help you to gain insight into old negative beliefs and behaviors that no longer serve you. I encourage changing one’s inner (critical) dialogue and learning healthier coping skills that can lead to a happier, healthier life.
My couples counseling style is interpersonal and dynamic. I provide a safe space and listen empathetically and supportively while encouraging open, direct communication. Couples learn to work together as a team towards a common goal. Finding a balance of increasing each individual's self esteem and strengthening the relationship simultaneously builds lasting change deepening intimacy, respect and love.
I am available for sessions remotely through Skype, Zoom or by phone.
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Download Flyer (PDF)I can't speak highly enough of the support Ami has given me over the past year and a half as I've worked through a difficult divorce, family issues, and exploring difficult patterns in relationships. Ami is an art therapist but has so many creative ways of helping me see things in different ways. She is also very familiar with family systems, addiction, and how difficult it can be to make changes in the face of persisting habits and patterns of thinking. Ami has been patient, warm, and has helped me tremendously. I highly recommend her!
I have been working with Ami Hartley for the past year. I first went to her for help with grief from the loss of my parents. Ami helped me process those feeling as well as feelings associated with family addiction, codependency, changing family dynamics, and self-esteem. Ami is a warm and nonjudgmental listener. She has so much professional and personal expertise to offer. I would and have recommended her services.
I have been seeing Ami for a few years now, I can always depend on her to be supportive of my needs. Of course during this time we are in 2020, it can be a challenge to get the services we need. Ami willingly makes herself available for video therapy sessions and accommodates your timing if possible. I hope this review is helpful anyone who is looking for more guidance in their life. Ami, has helped me see that I can really help myself with the tools she teaches me. She helps you see things from a logical and warm sense of thinking. I honestly don't know what I would do without her! She has helped me feel safe and seen. Everyone deserves to be seen and I think everyone at some point can benefit from therapy and especially with Ami's support! Thank you for sharing your amazing gifts with us!
Ami helped me quit smoking cigarettes in 1997 and I am still tobacco free in 2015. We did hypnotherapy sessions and I followed up with listening to a take-home tape (well, it was 1997) for a few weeks, and tada! I was able to really quit and stay quit. We taylored the take-home recording to my requests. For one thing i wanted to NOT be bothered by second-hand smoke, as I had been on prior attempts at quitting. It worked. Ami was, I think, at that time pretty new to the field and already very good at what she was doing, she must be all that much better now 18 years down the road. I recomend her highly.
Excellent therapist. My partner and I see Ami for couples counseling. We are a gay male couple who have been together for 10+ years. We love each other very much, but at times come to our sessions so angry that we are barely able to speak. Ami is skilled at helping focus us on communicating to each other our needs and goals. This may involve creating safety in the session to go deeper into our feelings or it may call for switching gears and refocusing to deescalate the tension. (I should add that we're a difficult case. One of us is ALWAYS right, but seldom is there agreement on which one that is.) Ami does not take sides. She is adept at switching modalities when that seems appropriate. She is caring, compassionate, empathetic, and creative.
Sometimes the weight of the world just seems to cave in on you. Sometimes your life just seems out of sort. Sometimes you just need someone to confide in. Those are the times that I turned to Ami and in turn felt relief, invigorated, and inspired. She was patient and supportive. I appreciated the fact that she offered a comfy couch and a listening ear, but also art therapy and hypnotherapy, both of which I strongly recommend. I almost don't want to put this out there, in fear that if I ever need to see her again, she will be booked and not have time for me! But I can't keep her a secret- she should have the recognition she deserves! She is great and will keep you grounded. ~Thank you Ami, for helping me to heal.
I am an adult child of a narcissist, a situation that I have tried to minimize for myself for more than forty years. After many self-help books, various 12-step programs, and several less-specialized therapists, I found Ami Hartley. She is a warm, good-humored, sensitive person. I immediately knew that I would feel comfortable telling her my worst secrets. I talked, and she listened. Together we confronted my long-held feelings of anger, shame, grief, hurt, sadness, fear, loneliness, guilt, and hurt. We discussed the ways in which a child adapts to a narcissistic parent and how this can cause distress in later life. At Ami's suggestion, I tried a number of art therapy activities that helped change my perspective on a long life filled with emotional pain.
I love Ami Hartley. She is a wonderful therapist, compassionate and patient. She offered insights and amazing advice about nutrition and other types of therapy and support without ever pushing. I found therapy with her to be a weekly refuge where I knew I could safely unload all of the stuff in my head without feeling judged. I would reccomend Ami to everyone that I know because she is so supportive and simply allows you to be heard.
I wholeheartedly recommend Ami for anyone seeking clarity in relationships, struggling with self esteem, or simply seeking greater self awareness. Ami has a special gift that combines a professional background with a high degree of personal intuition and a compassionate and non-judgmental character. My sessions with Ami did not just make me feel better; I saw tangible results in my self esteem and the ways I navigated relationships. She is one of the best!
Ami Hartley is a great therapist. One of her specialties is sex and love addiction which is not something many therapists know about. She has helped me through some very challenging times, and I never felt judged by her. She has a warm personality and is easy to talk to. I highly recommend her!
I began seeing Ami when I joined the group she holds for Children of Adult Narcissists. I had been struggling in my life to become emotionally whole and independent and this group and my work with Ami was critical to my continued and personal growth. The group led by Ami was exactly what I needed to continue to heal from my past. It was a safe place where I could share my feelings and bond with others who understood what it was like to grow up as I did. I suggest anyone interested in the group give it a try. It helped me immensely and Ami is a wonderful resource.
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