About Ann
Ann Newman is a licensed clinical social worker in Colorado who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and life changes. She brings 13 years of experience to sessions and works with concerns that include addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, ADHD, and job-related strain. Ann uses practical, down-to-earth methods so people can start feeling steadier sooner.
Ann favors approaches that focus on values, connection, and skills. She often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters and take small actions toward those values.
How Ann works
She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and build different habits. Her style is warm and collaborative. Sessions aim to be straightforward and useful with goals people notice in day-to-day life.
Ann listens for what is getting in the way, then works with each person to try new ways of coping and relating. Outside the session, Ann applies a broad view to complex problems. She supports people dealing with attachment issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, body image, and aspects of sexual identity and kink culture.
That background lets her connect issues like grief, codependency, and chronic pain to practical steps for change. Therapy with Ann uses a mix of skill practice, reflective conversation, and tailored strategies. She helps people set manageable goals, track progress, and adjust the plan as needed.
This is intended to leave people with clearer tools for handling stress, relationships, and major life shifts.
Ann lists 13 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Ann works with
The areas below are the ones Ann selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, CSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Colorado |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that translate to online care
Ann frequently uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people identify personal values and take small steps toward them even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present. ACT is often useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and practice different behaviors that reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Then she and the client will choose and adapt methods collaboratively so the plan fits the person's life and needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules. Video lets most people recreate a face-to-face conversation, phone can work with lower bandwidth or for a shorter check-in, and messaging suits quick reflections or ongoing support between sessions. These options aim to increase flexibility, accessibility, and consistent contact with a licensed professional.
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