About Anna
Anna VanEaton is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 25 years of experience to therapy. She focuses on anxiety, stress, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and depression. Anna uses a straightforward, warm approach to help people talk through what matters most to them.
She creates a calm space where clients can name difficult feelings and search for workable changes. Sessions emphasize clear goals and practical steps so people leave with something they can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Anna listens closely and adjusts her pace to match each person's needs. Her work draws on methods that teach new ways to handle painful thoughts and strong emotions. She often combines talk-based guidance with skills practice aimed at reducing worry and improving communication.
This mix helps people manage symptoms and tackle recurring problems with more confidence. Anna has a long history of helping people through grief, addiction struggles, family of origin issues, and life transitions like divorce or caregiving challenges. She also supports those coping with chronic pain, body image concerns, and control or codependency issues.
Her experience includes addressing both mood and behavioral concerns. Sessions are offered from Tennessee and delivered in English. Anna uses a collaborative style and invites clients to shape treatment goals together.
She encourages anyone taking a first step toward help to recognize that seeking support is an important act of self-care.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing painful thoughts and feelings without letting them dictate actions, then choosing behavior that matches personal values; it can help with anxiety, stress, and motivation. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches skills to shift unhelpful patterns, which is useful for worry, low mood, and relationship concerns. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing helps process traumatic memories and reduce their emotional charge; it is often used when trauma or abuse is a central concern.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Anna will discuss options, try methods that fit a client's goals, and adjust strategies over time. She encourages people to give different techniques a fair trial and to share feedback about what helps most.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and skills demonstration. Phone sessions can work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging support brief updates, check-ins, or when writing through thoughts feels easier. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and maintain continuity between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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