About Phyllis
Phyllis Siebern is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Arizona. She brings three years of direct clinical experience focused on anxiety, stress, depression, and related concerns. Phyllis uses clear, approachable language and aims to make therapy understandable for people feeling overwhelmed.
She prefers a straightforward style in sessions and often mixes in light humor when it fits. Phyllis emphasizes listening so people feel heard and accepted before moving on to practical steps.
Background and approach
Her background includes work with addictions, trauma and abuse, anger, eating difficulties, self-harm, and bipolar symptoms. Phyllis draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy during sessions. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, learn emotion-regulation skills, and practice awareness techniques.
Interventions are practical and aimed at everyday challenges rather than jargon-filled explanations. People who reach out can expect goal-focused conversations and concrete tools to try between sessions. She also attends to deeper issues like personality disorder patterns and forgiveness work when those topics come up.
The aim is steady progress through small, manageable steps. Phyllis works with adults who want a caring but direct approach. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels.
The overall goal is to help people reduce anxiety and stress and build skills for handling difficult moments.
Using CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness Online
Phyllis commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify and change unhelpful thinking patterns. CBT sessions focus on noticing thoughts, testing them, and trying small behavioral experiments to see what helps reduce anxiety or low mood.She also incorporates Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for intense emotions and impulsive behaviors. DBT-based work teaches practical emotion-regulation, distress-tolerance, and interpersonal skills that can help when feelings feel out of control.
Mindfulness Therapy is used alongside other approaches to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Simple breathing and attention exercises are practiced in-session and suggested for daily routines.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss goals, symptoms, and preferences and then tailor methods that fit the person. Plans are adjusted over time based on what is helpful.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how and when to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different life demands.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Depression
Also listed
- Addictions
- Bipolar disorder
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Personality disorders
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
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