About Anastasia
Anastasia Arceneaux is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Louisiana. She focuses on practical, down-to-earth support for people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting challenges, depression, ADHD, addictions, and relationship or intimacy concerns. She draws on 17 years of experience to offer steady guidance during difficult times.
Her style centers on a client-centered approach that respects each person's story and strengths. She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
How Anastasia works
When trauma is a factor, she includes EMDR to address intense distress and mindfulness to build calm and focus. Anastasia emphasizes working together to set clear, achievable goals. She takes a nonjudgmental attitude and aims to create a space where people feel heard and understood.
Sessions are practical and focused on what will help in daily life. She has a background in psychological counseling and school psychology and has worked across diverse behavioral health settings. That experience informs how she adapts techniques to fit different needs and life stages.
Anastasia describes therapy as a team effort where the client’s priorities guide the work. People who choose her often want help with coping during life changes, improving communication, managing mood or attention difficulties, recovering from trauma, or addressing parenting and family stress. She encourages small, steady steps and offers tools clients can use between sessions.
Anastasia lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Anastasia works with
The areas below are the ones Anastasia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 17 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Louisiana |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Online approaches that meet you where you are
Client-centered therapy puts the client's perspective first and focuses on listening and understanding. It helps people feel heard and encourages them to use their own strengths to make changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and offers concrete tools to shift unhelpful patterns; it is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused method that works on reducing the intensity of distressing memories and reactions when trauma is present.Anastasia treats finding the right approach as a joint project. She will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and how symptoms show up. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, so the work fits the person rather than the other way around.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick updates, ongoing coaching, or when writing out thoughts helps the process. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.
Start online instead of waiting
Our partner service asks a few questions about what you are looking for and matches you with a therapist for sessions from home.
Explore online therapy optionsWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What concerns does Anastasia help with?
What is her therapeutic style like?
How much experience does she have?
What credentials and region are listed?
Which languages are offered and can international clients connect?
What session formats are available?
How are costs handled?
How do I begin working with her?
A practical next step
Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. Entries are not assessed or endorsed by this directory.
Other entries for stress, anxiety
Supportive LCSW helping people build strength and clarity
Practical, trauma-aware therapy for everyday life
Practical, relational therapy for life transitions