Adam Fried is a licensed clinical psychologist in the Phoenix and Scottsdale area focusing on psychotherapy with adult and adolescent populations. His areas of specialty include anxiety and stress, depression, trauma and post-traumatic stress, LGBT health, and relationship issues.  

Dr. Fried has lectured, taught and published on a variety of mental health topics, including depression, stress, substance use, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, LGBT health and well-being, and professional ethics. He has presented his research at national conferences and has been quoted in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Prevention Magazine, The Huffington Post and ABC News on topics related to clinical psychology. 

Dr. Fried in the MeDIA

“What Is Emotional Trauma? How Shifting Our Idea of Trauma Can Help Us Heal” Real Simple

“The Real (and Totally Normal) Reason You’re So Exhausted After Therapy” Real Simple

“6 Ways to be an LGBTQ Advocate” Reader’s Digest

“The Reason You’re Exhausted is Moral Fatigue” Rolling Stone

“How To Cope with Work Stress”. Life Hacker

“3 Ways to Prioritize Your Own Well-being While Being a Caregiver”. Thrive Global

“The Calmnivore’s Dilemma: Our Increasingly Stressful Search for Calm” . Thrive Global

"Exactly How to Deal with Holiday Stress.” Prevention Magazine

“Strategies for Long-Distance Caregiving”. New York Times

‘Tips for Handling the Most Toxic People in Your Life (Who You Can’t Just Cut Out)”. She Knows

“It’s Totally Normal to be Anxious about Graduating”. She Knows Media

"What is Closure and Can We Really Get It?" She Knows Media

"Activism Fatigue and the Mental Aftermath of All of Those Marches" She Knows Media

"Ethical Practice in a Time of Post-Election Stress" The Clinical Psychologist

"Marriage Equality Laws Associated with Drop in LGBT Teen Suicide Rate" She Knows Media

"Out of Sorts In the Holidays? It Could be Family Jet Lag" New York Times

"Moral Stress and Job Burnout among Frontline Staff Conducting Clinical Research on Affective and Anxiety Disorders". Professional Psychology: Research and Practice