About Amarilis
Amarilis Colon Berrios is a Florida psychologist with 15 years of clinical experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She works with adults on grief, depression, self-esteem, addictions, and the effects of trauma. Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.
She focuses on tailoring each session to what the person needs. That can mean setting short-term goals, practicing coping skills, or using talk-based work to process painful memories. She treats concerns like anger, bipolar symptoms, and life changes with straightforward, practical strategies.
Background and approach
Her background includes longterm work with people facing medical and life transition issues. That covers cancer, hospice and end-of-life counseling, fertility and aging concerns, and veteran and first responder issues. She also addresses relationship wounds, codependency, and communication problems.
Therapeutic methods include acceptance and commitment approaches, cognitive-behavioral tools, client-centered listening, motivational interviewing, and EMDR for trauma-related memories. Techniques are chosen to match the person’s goals and comfort level. Amarilis emphasizes respect and sensitivity in sessions.
She aims to make each meeting clear and focused so people can use what they learn in daily life. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.
Online approaches and how they help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people accept difficult thoughts and feelings while taking steps toward what matters most. It can help when anxiety or avoidance gets in the way of daily life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that helps process distressing memories so they feel less intrusive and intense.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, history, and preferences and then suggest methods that fit. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility by letting people meet by video or phone, or check in by live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls let for face-to-face conversation and skill practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging supports brief updates or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit care into a busy schedule and to keep treatment consistent over time.
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What this therapist works with
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- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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