- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Self esteem
About Annie
Annie Allen is a licensed master social worker with about 20 years of practice in medical and mental health settings. She describes herself as caring, sensitive, and straightforward. Annie listens closely and aims to be a steady guide for people who are feeling overwhelmed or stuck.
She focuses on clear, practical work in sessions. That can mean talking through coping skills for anxiety and depression, building routines to improve sleep, or learning tools to manage intense emotions.
Background and approach
She also helps people navigate grief, stress, and the ongoing strain that comes from caregiving or compassion fatigue. Annie has experience leading groups, working with faith-based communities, and helping people affected by chronic illness, including HIV and hospice-related concerns. She has run support groups for Alzheimer’s caregivers and provided community outreach through radio and church programs.
Her style is collaborative. She treats clients with dignity and expects them to play an active role in their progress. Sessions focus on what an individual needs now, and on practical strategies they can try between meetings.
Annie draws on a variety of approaches, using ideas from acceptance and commitment work, cognitive-behavioral techniques, emotion-focused methods, and mindfulness. She aims to tailor those tools to each person’s goals. Parents who are looking for help with stress, sleep, parenting strain, or behavioral concerns may find her approach useful.
What Annie works with
Everything Annie lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Annie helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
Approaches Annie lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-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.
Therapeutic approaches for online parenting support
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and values-driven action. It helps people accept hard feelings while choosing behaviors that match what matters to them, which can help with parenting stress and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches specific skills to change unhelpful thinking patterns and build routines for mood and sleep. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotions and strengthening emotional responses; it can be useful when intimacy or connection issues are causing ongoing distress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Annie will collaborate with each person to identify which methods fit their goals and daily realities. She mixes techniques from these models to build practical plans that clients can try between sessions and then review together.
Online work is offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make scheduling easier. Video lets people use face-to-face time for skill teaching and deeper conversation. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text are useful for quick questions, tracking progress, or getting support between longer sessions. These options aim to make therapy fit into busy family life and varied schedules.
Questions people ask about Annie
What concerns can Annie help with?
Annie helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, sleep problems, anger, ADHD, parenting strain, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue among other concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and practical. She listens closely, offers coping strategies, and works together with clients to tailor techniques to daily life.
What is her professional background?
She has about 20 years of experience working in both medical and mental health services, including group work and community outreach.
Where is she licensed and based?
She holds an LMSW, listed as MI LMSW, and practices from Michigan.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and starting steps handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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