About Anna
Anna Dow is a licensed marriage and family therapist practicing in California. She welcomes people who are looking for straightforward support with stress, anxiety, relationships, intimacy, and related concerns. Anna presents a calm, nonjudgmental approach and centers each meeting on the person in front of her.
She brings seven years of clinical experience that includes hospital-based therapy and work in inpatient residential programs. That background means she is comfortable helping people through a wide range of mental health challenges and emotional crises.
Background and approach
Anna aims to meet people where they are and adapt her style to individual needs. Her work often includes mindfulness practices, expressive arts, parts work, dialectical behavior therapy tools, cognitive-behavioral techniques, and somatic exercises. These methods are used to reduce anxious thinking, manage intense emotions, and reconnect with the body when stress feels overwhelming.
Anna also focuses on relationship patterns and social connection. She helps people think through intimacy, non-monogamous arrangements, communication problems, and rebuilding support networks. She emphasizes practical steps clients can try between sessions to improve connection and reduce isolation.
Her practice includes attention to neurodivergence, LGBTQ concerns, kink and alternative sexual cultures, and issues like ADHD, attachment concerns, and gender exploration. Sessions are offered in English and are arranged to fit each person’s schedule and preferences.
How therapy methods translate to online sessions
Anna often uses mindfulness practices to help people notice and step back from overwhelming thoughts. Mindfulness exercises in an online session can include short breath or grounding practices and guided attention exercises that reduce stress and anxiety.She also works with cognitive-behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavioral experiments. In teletherapy these tools translate to structured conversations, worksheets, and simple between-session tasks to test new ways of thinking and behaving.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose techniques that match their goals and comfort level. Together they review what helps, adjust strategies over time, and pick formats that fit the person’s routine.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives. Video calls let therapists see nonverbal cues during deeper conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short check-ins, coaching-style support, or when someone needs help between scheduled sessions. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while fitting therapy into everyday schedules.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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