About Ann
Ann Adams is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor practicing in Florida. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, parenting challenges, relationship concerns, and life changes. Ann also supports those coping with addictions, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
She uses straightforward, goal-focused sessions to help people move forward. Ann works in a warm, respectful way and places value on listening first. Sessions often start with one clear, practical goal so work can be focused from the beginning.
Background and approach
She gives direct feedback and helps people notice small changes that add up. Her approach blends client-centered methods with cognitive behavioral and mindfulness techniques. That means conversations center on the person, while also identifying unhelpful thinking and trying simple practices to reduce stress.
Solution-focused ideas and motivational interviewing help shape concrete next steps. Ann draws on three years as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, guiding people through common mood and life concerns. She has experience with issues related to aging, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and financial strain among other focus areas.
This background informs practical, real-world strategies. Sessions can include talking through options, practicing coping skills, and setting small, achievable tasks between meetings. Ann aims to help people find their own answers and build habits that support lasting change.
If someone wants straightforward help and steady guidance, her style is direct and supportive.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses conversations on the person's experience and priorities. In practice this looks like listening closely, reflecting what matters, and helping the client name what they want to change. It works well for people who need respect and space to explore their goals.Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. Sessions identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test new ways of responding. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress that comes from recurring negative thoughts.
Mindfulness techniques teach simple practices to reduce reactivity and calm the mind. These are short exercises people can try between sessions to handle spikes of worry or stress.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to goals, needs, and preferences. That process means trying options, checking what helps, and adjusting as progress is made.
Online formats offer flexibility for busy schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions fit into a quick break, live chat is handy for brief check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and fit it into everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Relationship issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Rhode Island
- Languages
- English