Amanda Ortiz

About

The men I work with tend to arrive quiet, embarrassed, and braced for a lecture that never comes. What they get instead is a steady room and a real path to change. Explosive anger is frightening from every side, including from the inside. Together we practice reframing the instant judgments that turn a minor inconvenience into a five-alarm fire. You will get no sugarcoating from me, just calm and the truth. I am bilingual, and sessions are available in Spanish for clients whose first feelings arrive en español. I started out in crisis services, which is where I learned to stay settled while everything else is loud. The men who do best here are not the calmest ones; they are the most honest ones. I know my presence changes the room for some men at first; give it one session and it usually becomes the point. Nothing you bring will make me flinch. When you are ready to stop bracing and start working, I am easy to reach.