- 25 years experience
- Pennsylvania LCSW
- Practical coping skills
About Phyllis
Phyllis Hartman is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and relationship concerns. She works with clients who are looking to reduce overwhelm and build more steady day-to-day coping. Phyllis writes plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.
She earned a Master of Social Work in 1999 and holds an LCSW in Pennsylvania. Her work is rooted in direct, individual conversation that aims to uncover what gets in the way of feeling better and moving toward personal goals. She believes therapy is a form of teaching that helps people change habits and reactions.
Phyllis uses several approaches depending on a person's needs, including client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral ideas, dialectical skills, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing. Sessions often cover concrete strategies for handling strong emotions, improving communication, and reducing harmful patterns such as substance use or codependent behavior.
She also supports people facing life transitions, parenting stress, caregiver strain, ADHD, mood disorders, and trauma-related concerns. Phyllis draws on personal values like faith and close relationships to stay grounded and bring a hopeful tone to her work.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She helps people set clear goals and practices they can use between appointments to build toward lasting change.
How Phyllis Uses Talk Therapy and Skills Online
Phyllis draws on client-centered work to create a calm, respectful space where people can describe what’s hard and set practical goals. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping a person find their own solutions, which is useful for relationship worries, grief, and life transitions.She also uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT gives clear steps for reducing anxiety, managing mood, and changing patterns that feed addiction or codependent habits. Dialectical behavior therapy adds skills for emotion regulation and distress tolerance when feelings feel overwhelming.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to match methods to the client’s goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs, and will adjust plans as progress is made.
If you are considering online work, confirm current session options before booking since specific formats are not listed here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time so work or family obligations are easier to manage. Licensed professionals can use these sessions to teach skills, practice communication, and support behavior change in ways that fit into everyday life.
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Experience
25+ years
Credentials
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting and caregiver stress, codependency, ADHD, mood disorders, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and practical. She combines client-centered listening with tools from CBT, DBT, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to build skills and change patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has 25 years of experience and completed a Master of Social Work in 1999 before earning a Pennsylvania LCSW.
Where is she based and licensed?
She is licensed as an LCSW in Pennsylvania and practices from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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