"I see my work as helping people become their best and happiest selves through development and healing based on personal traits, strengths, and values"
Dr. Amanda Borlenghi, Psy.D.
About Me
My path to becoming a psychotherapist began in 2005 when I entered the clinical psychology doctoral program at the University of Denver. After earning my Psy.D. in 2010, I moved to San Diego to begin my career. In the years since, I have developed an integrative approach to therapy with the goal of fostering healing and transformation through self-understanding and insight, drawing on treatment modalities including EMDR and Internal Family Systems. I also bring fifteen years of yoga and meditation practice and instruction to my work. My style as a therapist and coach is compassionate, direct, collaborative, and intuitive.
In addition to my clinical work, I am a novelist writing literary fiction with psychological precision.
Background and Experience
Since beginning my graduate training in 2005, I have had the privilege of working as a therapist in private practice and as a consulting psychologist for universities, corporations, and reality television production companies. Through these experiences, I have come to view this work as an immense privilege and responsibility. I take the APA ethics code seriously and approach each client with a commitment to being ethical, compassionate, and non-judgmental. I am passionate about providing a highly personalized experience to support my clients in their pursuit of wellness, mastery, and transformation.
How I Think About Psychological Issues
I am trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy, personality assessment, and contemporary approaches to trauma treatment. Through the integration of these areas of expertise, I offer a service grounded in the belief that healing and growth are possible at any stage of life. I work collaboratively with clients, honoring their expertise in their own lives and experiences alongside the treatment approaches I bring. My goal is to help each client identify what a healthier, more integrated version of themselves looks like, and to develop a treatment plan tailored to their needs, informed by current research and experience with hundreds of patients.
Integrative Psychology
My philosophy of psychology is grounded in Integral Theory, a framework that considers every client's presenting concerns in terms of how they are both influenced by and impacting their inner experience — emotions and thoughts — as well as their relationships, physiology, and the broader systems they engage with in the world. I also utilize personality assessment to understand the nuances of who my clients are. For psychotherapy clients, I develop individualized treatment plans drawing from Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, EMDR, and Internal Family Systems.
Amanda Borlenghi, Psy.D
240 9th St. Del Mar
858.395.7399
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
CA License Number PSY25760
dr.borlenghi@gmail.com