About Annie
Annie Mays, LMFT, meets people where they are when stress, anxiety, or questions about eating and mood start to feel overwhelming. She aims to create a warm, steady space where people can talk about what’s hard and begin to make small changes. Annie emphasizes partnership - she listens first and then works with each person to find practical next steps.
With 20 years of practice, Annie draws on several therapy approaches to match the needs of each person.
Background and approach
She often uses Narrative Therapy to help people reframe painful stories and Internal Family Systems to map different parts of themselves. She also brings a client-centered stance and motivational interviewing to sessions to support choice and readiness for change.
Annie has worked with people dealing with anxiety, panic, mood disorders, and addictions, and she supports those facing body image, eating, and gender identity concerns. She also addresses relationship fallout such as infidelity, divorce, and family of origin issues, and she can talk about kink and alternative sexual cultures without judgment. Sessions are offered from Oregon and conducted in English.
Annie describes the first meeting as a mutual interview so both people can decide if the fit feels right. She balances warmth with honest challenge, pushing only as much as someone is ready for. Her practice uses flexible session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging.
Clients sign up through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and scheduling follows therapist availability.
How Annie Uses Therapy Approaches Online
Annie often integrates Narrative Therapy and Internal Family Systems into online work. Narrative Therapy helps people separate themselves from painful stories so they can rewrite how they see a problem. Internal Family Systems maps the different parts inside a person so they can understand conflicting feelings and calm inner turmoil.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Annie listens to the client's goals and concerns, then suggests approaches that might fit. Together they try methods, notice what helps, and adjust the plan over time to match changing needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face interaction and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can use less bandwidth and fit a short break during the day. Live chat or text messaging is useful for brief check-ins, ongoing support, and people who prefer typing over speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives while keeping the focus on the work people want to do.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English
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