About Ann
Ann Garfield is a Florida licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 40 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress and anxiety and those wanting stronger self esteem or better relationships. Her style aims to make things feel manageable and clear when life feels confusing.
She listens for the practical problems beneath emotional upset. Sessions often involve talking through current struggles, identifying small steps forward, and building coping skills that fit daily life.
Background and approach
She encourages clients to notice their own strengths and use them in change. Her background includes graduate training in New York and a long career supporting people through major life changes. She has worked with Holocaust survivors and their adult children, and she draws on that experience when helping others cope with loss, trauma, and shifting family roles.
Ann helps people name what matters most to them and then sets realistic, short-term goals to reach it. She pays attention to communication problems and issues around forgiveness and isolation. Many clients work on finding purpose and regaining motivation.
In sessions she aims to be supportive and empowering rather than directive. The process is collaborative: clients bring their story and she helps shape practical strategies. Her approach is straightforward and grounded in decades of clinical practice.
Therapeutic approaches and online flexibility
Ann uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical skill building and emotional processing. One common approach helps clients learn clear coping skills for stress and anxiety, such as breath work, grounding exercises, and step-by-step plans to reduce worry. This is useful when anxiety interrupts daily routines or sleep.Another approach focuses on communication and relationship habits. Sessions look at how people talk and listen, practice clearer ways to express needs, and build small changes that improve interactions over time. This helps with conflict, forgiveness, and feeling less isolated.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and happens together. The therapist and client review problems, goals, and preferences, then try methods that fit the person's life. Adjustments are made as needed so the plan stays practical and relevant.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper exchanges. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging support brief updates, reflections between sessions, or ongoing encouragement. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep continuity of care when travel or time constraints arise.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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