About Phyllis
Phyllis Hartman is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns and ADHD-related struggles. She offers straightforward support for depression, bipolar mood shifts, addictions, trauma, grief, parenting strain and self-esteem challenges. Her style is practical and focused on what people need right now.
She sees therapy as hands-on teaching. Sessions aim to identify habits and patterns that hold someone back and replace them with clearer choices.
Background and approach
Conversations include skill-building, problem solving and planning for everyday situations. Phyllis draws on client-centered work to keep the conversation grounded in each person's goals and values. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to change thoughts and behaviors, and dialectical skills to manage intense emotions.
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are woven in when they fit the client's needs. Her background includes a Master of Social Work degree earned in 1999 and an LCSW credential in Pennsylvania. Over a long career she has worked with people facing trauma, addiction, caregiver strain, neurodiversity concerns such as autism and Asperger Syndrome, and complex family dynamics.
Phyllis emphasizes collaboration and clear steps. She helps clients set realistic short-term goals and tracks progress in a way that feels manageable. Parents, professionals, and people dealing with life transitions often appreciate her direct, steady approach.
Approach-driven care delivered online
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person and their goals, creating space to talk through what matters most and set meaningful objectives. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches practical steps to reduce anxiety, depression, and everyday struggles. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, offers tools for managing intense emotions and improving coping skills in stressful moments.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to choose methods that match their needs, goals and preferences, and will adjust as progress is made. This makes the process flexible and tailored rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and more in-depth conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging allow for ongoing brief support between sessions and can fit into busy days. These options make it easier to keep regular sessions and apply new skills in real life.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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