About Annamarie
Annamarie Compton is a licensed professional counselor who helps people managing stress, anxiety, panic attacks, depression, and trauma. She also supports those carrying guilt, shame, and social anxiety. Her manner is steady and direct, aimed at helping people feel more capable day to day.
She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to build coping skills and reduce intense reactions. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings, like breathing practices, behavior changes, and ways to challenge unhelpful thoughts.
Background and approach
The work is collaborative and paced to each person's needs. Her practice reflects ten years of clinical experience in Virginia. Annamarie blends trauma-informed attention with an openness to each person's spiritual life when that matters to them.
She aims to respect personal beliefs while keeping therapy focused on measurable progress. People who come for help can expect straightforward goal-setting and regular chances to check how things are going. She uses a mix of shorter skill sessions and deeper therapeutic conversations depending on what someone needs.
This flexible approach helps people build resilience and steady their emotions over time. Therapy conversations are practical and goal-oriented, but also calm and empathetic. Annamarie works to help clients notice small changes that add up, reduce panic and social fear, and shift patterns of guilt and shame into more manageable ways of coping.
Evidence-based methods for online anxiety care
Annamarie uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills people can use right away. One approach emphasizes developing coping strategies for panic and anxiety, such as breath regulation, grounding exercises, and stepwise exposure to feared situations to reduce avoidance. Another approach centers on addressing the effects of trauma and abuse by helping clients notice triggers, build safety strategies, and work toward managing intense emotions in everyday life.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist discusses goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adapts methods as progress is made. This collaborative process lets clients try practical tools and shift focus when something is not working.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect using video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow longer, face-to-face conversations, while phone sessions can fit into a work break or use less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, coaching on coping skills, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into a busy life.
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What this therapist works with
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Virginia
- Languages
- English
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