About Ann
Ann Gould is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Alabama with 13 years of experience helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or the aftermath of trauma and abuse. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps they can use right away. Ann respects each person's perspective and looks for strengths to build on during sessions.
She supports teens and adults ages 13 to 65 who are struggling with motivation, low self-esteem, or major life changes.
Background and approach
Ann also assists people coping with issues like abandonment, blended family concerns, caregiver stress, cancer-related adjustment, and the strain that can follow divorce or separation. First responders and those facing the emotional effects of disasters are among the problems she has addressed. Ann emphasizes a collaborative process where the client’s story guides the work.
She listens for patterns that keep people stuck and suggests small practical changes to try between sessions. Progress is tracked in concrete ways so clients can see what is shifting. Sessions include talking through difficult memories, developing coping skills for anxiety and mood, and practicing communication techniques that reduce conflict.
Ann frames goals in everyday terms so people can use what they learn at home, at work, or at school. She encourages anyone taking the first step to reach out, and she helps clients choose a path that fits their needs and daily life.
Online approaches for anxiety and life changes
Ann uses evidence-based techniques that focus on practical skills and coping. One common approach teaches breathing, grounding, and step-by-step strategies to reduce anxiety and manage overwhelming stress. These tools are meant to be used between sessions when anxiety rises or during difficult moments.Another helpful method focuses on processing trauma and difficult experiences in a paced way. This approach breaks down painful memories into manageable parts, helps people build tolerance for strong feelings, and creates safer ways to respond to triggers. It is aimed at reducing the emotional power of those memories over time.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Ann works with each person to identify what feels most useful and adjusts methods as goals change. She treats clients as the experts on their lives while offering guidance and practical homework to try between meetings.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy days and varied needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction helps. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when clients prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins and skill coaching possible between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy into work, school, or family routines.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Alabama
- Languages
- English
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