About Anna
Anna Evans is a licensed counselor with 24 years of experience who helps people manage anxiety, depression, grief, sleep problems, substance use, and major life changes. She is licensed in Illinois as an LCPC and in Wisconsin as an LPC. Her style is grounded, direct, and practical for people who need clear steps forward.
She works with people facing chronic illness, caregiver stress, and challenges tied to aging. She also supports those coping with relationship loss, separation, and career transitions.
Background and approach
First responders and other mental health professionals are included among her areas of experience. Her sessions focus on what matters day to day. She uses client-centered work to shape goals around each person’s needs.
Cognitive behavioral tools are used to change unhelpful thinking and to build new habits, especially for sleep and anxiety. Trauma-focused methods are applied when past events continue to cause distress. Motivational interviewing helps when substance use or behavior change is a goal.
She explains options plainly and helps people pick the tools that fit. Anna values steady progress over quick fixes. She aims to make therapy a space where clients can sort priorities, practice coping skills, and track small changes.
Getting concrete results is part of her approach, whether the concern is grief, stress, or ongoing health issues.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and values, with the therapist listening and reflecting to help clarify what matters most. This approach suits people who want collaborative planning and support in making decisions.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It offers practical exercises for anxiety, insomnia, and depression, such as behavior experiments and sleep routines.
Trauma-focused work targets the effects of past traumatic events that still cause distress. It uses structured techniques to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning for people affected by trauma.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences, and then recommend or combine methods that fit. This collaborative process helps shape a plan that feels usable and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to add flexibility. Video is useful for in-depth talks and skill practice, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging can help with ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep consistent progress.
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
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