- 20 years experience
- Focus on sleep issues
- Values-led approach
About Annie
Annie Allen is an LMSW with more than 20 years of clinical experience in medical and mental health settings. She describes herself as caring, sensitive, compassionate, and transparent. Annie focuses on listening closely and partnering with each person to address the problems they bring to therapy.
Annie offers straightforward help for stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and sleep difficulties. She also supports people facing trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, anger, compassion fatigue, and challenges related to ADHD. Her practice includes work with intimacy-related concerns, parenting strain, and obsessions or compulsions among other issues.
Her background includes individual therapy, couple counseling experience, faith-based work, and group psychotherapy in community settings. Annie has led an Alzheimer’s support group and run outreach through TV and radio ministry at churches and senior centers. This variety informs a practical approach to everyday challenges.
In sessions she listens first, then helps people develop coping strategies tailored to their situation. She uses common therapeutic tools rather than jargon, teaching skills and offering ways to try new habits between meetings. Her aim is to help clients notice what matters to them and take small steps toward those values.
Annie encourages teamwork in therapy and emphasizes dignity and self-determination. She invites people to bring their experience into sessions as the foundation for change and supports them as they try out new ways of managing problems.
Therapeutic approaches that translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, concrete steps toward those values. It mixes acceptance of difficult feelings with practical behavior changes to reduce suffering from stress, anxiety, and sleep problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It teaches specific skills for managing mood, anxiety, and sleep routines and often includes home practice between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental relationship and follows the client’s pace; it supports people who need reflective listening and space to process grief, compassion fatigue, or life changes.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences and will collaborate to pick methods that fit. That plan can be adjusted as work progresses so the approach stays relevant to the client’s needs.
Session format details are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online therapy helpful because it can be scheduled around work, errands, and caregiving. It can make it easier to keep regular appointments, try short check-ins, and use learned skills in real-life moments. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and client-centered techniques for remote sessions to help people practice new habits and manage sleep and stress in daily life.
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Experience
20+ years
Credentials
Michigan
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Annie commonly address?
Annie helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and sleeping difficulties. She also works with trauma and abuse, ADHD challenges, anger, compassion fatigue, and intimacy-related issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
She listens closely and treats clients as partners in therapy. Sessions focus on practical coping strategies, skill building, and following the client’s values.
What is her professional background?
She has practiced for about 20 years in both medical and mental health settings and has led groups and community outreach efforts.
What credential and location are listed for the therapist?
She holds an LMSW, specifically a Michigan LMSW, and practices in Michigan.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before scheduling.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Annie?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.