About Harriet
Harriet Marritz is a Pennsylvania-licensed psychologist with 35 years of experience helping people manage stress and anxiety. She offers steady, straightforward support for common concerns like depression, grief, and coping with life changes. Her background includes long practice with mood and panic-related problems.
Harriet uses practical, evidence-based techniques such as cognitive-behavioral methods, motivational interviewing, and skills from dialectical behavior work. She adapts her approach to fit each person's needs and life story.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear strategies and small, doable steps rather than abstract theory. She emphasizes a person-centered and trauma-informed stance. The goal is a calm, accepting space where clients can talk through hard moments, practice new coping skills, and set achievable goals.
Harriet aims to balance seriousness about the work with a light, human touch. Her practice includes attention to caregiver stress, self-harm concerns, social anxiety and phobia, and issues common to young adults. She also has experience with alcohol-related problems and broader mood disorders.
Harriet generally conducts counseling in English and speaks serviceable Spanish from a bilingual household background. Outside of practice she spends time in nature, gardens, reads, and volunteers around social justice efforts. Those interests inform a grounded and compassionate style in sessions.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Harriet uses practical cognitive-behavioral techniques that focus on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through small, manageable steps; this approach can help with anxiety, panic attacks, and mood symptoms. Motivational interviewing is another method she uses to support people who are ambivalent about change and to strengthen personal motivation for goals. Dialectical behavior skills offer concrete tools for managing intense emotions, improving distress tolerance, and reducing self-harm urges.Finding the right approach is a shared process. Harriet works collaboratively with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and day-to-day life. She adjusts strategies over time and checks in to see which tools are most useful for the individual.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video visits let people work face-to-face when that feels important. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat or text-based messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, skill practice, and between-session support. These formats aim to increase flexibility and make consistent care more accessible for different routines and preferences.
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- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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