About Ann
Ann Thorwall is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with nine years of practice experience. She focuses on helping people manage anxiety, stress, depression, and challenges with self-esteem so they can feel more able to move forward. She also helps people who are struggling with relationships and communication problems.
That includes frustration or disconnection in romantic partnerships and strain in work relationships. She works with adults who want clearer boundaries and better ways to talk through conflict.
Background and approach
Ann emphasizes straightforward, collaborative work in sessions. She aims to use practical tools that reduce fear, shame, and hopelessness. Sessions typically focus on small, concrete steps people can try between meetings.
Her background as both someone who has been in therapy and a clinician shapes how she practices. That experience informs a down-to-earth style that combines empathy with actionable strategies. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide the work.
Ann provides care in Illinois and conducts sessions in English. She offers a range of online session formats so people can choose what fits their schedule and needs. To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps connect people to scheduling options and next steps.
Evidence-based approaches and flexible online care
Ann uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. One common approach she draws on teaches skills to manage anxious thoughts and reduce worry through structured exercises and behavior changes. This kind of work helps with panic, persistent worry, and social anxiety by giving clear tools to try between sessions.Another approach emphasizes improving relationships and attachment patterns. It helps people understand recurring communication problems and practice new ways of relating in romantic and work relationships. This work targets feelings of disconnection, shame, and isolation by making interactions more predictable and repairable.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to identify goals, try different techniques, and adjust plans as progress is made. Clients and the therapist decide together which methods best match needs and preferences.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow deeper conversational work and visual cues. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people share thoughts between sessions and fit therapy into busy days. These options give flexibility for varying schedules and comfort levels while keeping the work focused on real-life change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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