About Ann
Ann Voorhees, LCSW, helps people who are struggling with stress and anxiety and related problems. She has a direct, warm style and focuses on practical steps to reduce worry and lift mood. Ann listens with respect and tries to avoid labels that feel harsh or limiting.
She began clinical work after finishing a graduate degree in 1986 and has 38 years of experience in mental health. Early in her career she assessed and treated children suspected of sexual abuse and later worked with adult survivors and adolescents involved in sexual offending.
Background and approach
Over the years her practice shifted toward adults and mature adults coping with anxiety, depression, low self-worth, fatigue, and anger. Ann uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. She draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, client-centered ideas to keep conversations grounded in each person's experience, and psychodynamic perspectives to look at deeper patterns.
She also incorporates mindfulness and motivational interviewing when those methods fit the goals. Sessions are conversational and interactive. Expect clear goals, practical tools to try between visits, and space to talk about painful history when it matters to current concerns.
Ann aims to help people feel more capable of handling daily life and relationships. She practices from Florida and offers work that focuses on coping with life changes, grief, addictions, parenting strain, ADHD, compassion fatigue, and career concerns. Ann emphasizes support, collaboration, and small steps that build toward lasting change.
How her methods translate to online therapy
Ann blends cognitive-behavioral therapy and client-centered therapy in ways that work well online. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and improve mood, which often leads to concrete homework between sessions. Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and following the client's lead so conversations stay relevant to what feels most important.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. She will discuss goals and preferences and then recommend methods to try. That collaboration lets her adjust the plan over time based on what helps most for stress, anxiety, or other concerns.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people use visual cues and longer conversation. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or for a quicker check-in. Live chat and text messaging can work well for brief coaching, check-ins, or when writing out thoughts feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy schedules and everyday life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 38 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
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