About Anne
Anne Frauens is a licensed therapist with more than 24 years of experience. She holds an MD and is an LCSW-C, and she helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Her work is direct and practical, aimed at helping clients feel steadier day to day.
She supports people facing grief, low self-esteem, and the ripple effects of chronic illness or caregiving. She also assists those dealing with life transitions such as divorce, aging concerns, or changes after cancer.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear goals and usable strategies rather than jargon. Anne draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to address communication problems, codependency, control issues, and feelings of emptiness or isolation. She helps people sort through guilt, shame, and jealousy and figure out what matters most to them.
The approach is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Her combined medical and social work background informs a practical view of how health, stress, and relationships interact. That perspective can be useful when chronic pain, illness, or caregiver strain are part of the story.
She pays attention to how everyday routines and supports affect emotional well-being. Anne offers sessions in English and practices from Maryland. She uses conversations to teach skills people can use between meetings, aiming to build resilience and clearer choices.
Many clients come for short-term work on specific problems, and others stay longer to work through layered issues.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Anne uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on concrete skills and understanding. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing them against real-life evidence to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Another approach concentrates on building practical coping skills such as breathing, activity planning, and step-by-step exposure to feared situations to reduce avoidance and increase confidence.Choosing the right method is part of the work. The therapist and client decide together which techniques fit the person’s goals, needs, and comfort level. That collaborative process may include trying different strategies and adjusting the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for longer, interactive sessions and skills training. Phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or for brief check-ins. Live chat and text messaging allow for shorter, frequent touches to reinforce skills or handle quick check-ins between sessions. These options let people fit therapy into a busy life and access licensed professionals from Maryland without travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Maryland
- Languages
- English
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