- Years in practice
- 12
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Anna
Anna Childs, LCSW, focuses on helping parents and caregivers who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to handle daily stressors. She writes and speaks plainly with people about practical steps they can use at home. Her style is calm and focused on what will make life more manageable for a family member or parent.
With 12 years of clinical experience in Wisconsin, Anna uses approaches that keep the person's needs central.
Background and approach
She blends client-centered care with techniques aimed at coping, emotion regulation, and trauma recovery. Sessions often include talk, grounding skills, and guidance you can try between meetings. She works with concerns such as anxiety, stress, addictions, grief, sleep and eating problems, and parenting strains.
Anna also helps people facing trauma, attachment issues, ADHD, and challenges tied to chronic illness or caregiving burdens. She supports those managing relationship and intimacy questions and career or life transitions. Anna is a licensed clinical social worker in Wisconsin.
She draws on trauma-focused methods and practical tools to reduce overwhelm and build new routines. When trauma is part of the picture, her approach brings calming body-focused practices alongside talk-based work. Clients can expect straightforward suggestions and hands-on skills to use between sessions.
Anna aims to meet each person where they are and move at a pace that feels doable. The emphasis is on clarity, small achievable steps, and building confidence for everyday parenting and life demands.
What Anna works with
Everything Anna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Anna helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Anna lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online parenting support
Anna uses client-centered therapy to keep the focus on the parent's goals and perspectives. This approach means meetings center on the parent's experience and priorities, with the therapist listening carefully and offering practical ideas that fit daily life.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy, commonly called DBT, which teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication. These are useful when strong emotions, anger, or relationship strain make parenting harder. For trauma-related concerns she draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy, which combines processing of difficult experiences with pacing and skills to calm the nervous system.
Choosing the best approach is collaborative. The therapist will help figure out which methods match your needs, goals, and comfort level. Plans are adjusted as work progresses so the approach stays useful and practical for your situation.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy parents. Video calls let you see facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions or live chat can fit into short breaks or low-bandwidth situations, while text-based messaging supports ongoing check-ins and quick coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while juggling family and work demands.
Questions people ask about Anna
What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, addictions, depression, grief, trauma and related issues like sleep, eating, and parenting strains.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is client-centered and practical, combining talk therapy with skills for emotion regulation and grounding.
How much experience does she have?
She has 12 years of clinical experience working in Wisconsin across multiple settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, practicing in Wisconsin.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions may be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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