Los Angeles therapist and founder of Mellow Therapy, available for expert commentary on high-achieving adults, anxiety, perfectionism, burnout, relationships, and workplace pressure.
Founder, Mellow Therapy
UCLA / Loyola Marymount
Venice, CA
Interviews, quotes, panels, podcasts
Amanda Burback is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the founder of Mellow Therapy, a modern therapy practice based in West Los Angeles and serving clients throughout California.
She works primarily with driven, high-achieving adults who may appear successful on the outside while privately navigating anxiety, perfectionism, people pleasing, burnout, trauma, relationship strain, and compulsive or addictive behaviors.
Amanda is a certified EMDR therapist whose perspective is warm, direct, and practical. Her work explores how demanding careers, chronic self expectation, and the pressure to keep performing can affect mental health, identity, relationships, and the ways people cope.
Why high achieving adults can look successful while privately struggling with anxiety
The emotional cost of always being the person others rely on
Perfectionism, people pleasing, and the pressure to appear capable
How trauma can show up in work, decision making, and relationships
Burnout among professionals, entrepreneurs, and business owners
Food addiction, compulsive eating, and other addictive coping patterns
Why some people stay busy to avoid what they are feeling
Modern dating, attachment patterns, and relationship strain
How demanding careers can affect identity, relationships, and mental health
What EMDR is, who it may help, and common misconceptions
Amanda Burback is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, certified EMDR therapist, and founder of Mellow Therapy in Los Angeles, California. She works with high-achieving adults navigating anxiety, perfectionism, people pleasing, burnout, trauma, relationship strain, and compulsive coping patterns. Her perspective is warm, direct, and grounded in practical change.
Amanda Burback, LMFT, founder of Mellow Therapy in Los Angeles, California.
For interview requests, expert commentary, podcasts, panels, or local features, contact Mellow Therapy directly.
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