About Ann
Ann Voorhees is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, and struggles with self-esteem and addiction. She works with concerns that touch work, parenting, caregiving, and major life changes. Ann is based in Florida and brings 38 years of experience to her practice.
She returned to direct clinical work after many years in psychiatric and human services administration. Ann began her clinical career after completing graduate school in 1986, initially assessing and treating children suspected of sexual abuse and later supporting adult survivors and adolescents who had offended.
How Ann works
Over time her focus expanded to adults and mature adults coping with anxiety, depression, fatigue, low self-worth, and anger. Ann’s style is warm and interactive. She treats people with respect, sensitivity, and compassion and avoids stigmatizing labels.
Sessions are collaborative conversations where she listens closely and adjusts the approach to each person’s needs. She uses a mix of Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and Psychodynamic Therapy to shape practical steps and emotional understanding. That mix lets her combine short-term problem-solving with deeper exploration when needed.
Ann helps people set realistic goals, build coping skills, and make gradual changes that fit their lives. She offers guidance for parenting stress, caregiver strain, career challenges, ADHD concerns, compassion fatigue, and end-of-life issues among other topics. If someone is ready to try therapy, Ann supports them through the first steps and helps them find a pace that feels manageable.
Ann lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 38 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Florida |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Ann uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental environment where the person’s priorities guide the conversation. This approach helps when someone needs to be heard and wants support building their own solutions.She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and develop practical changes in behavior and coping. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and patterns that cause repeated stress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ann will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then recommend techniques that fit. That collaboration allows shifting between skills-focused work and deeper exploration as needs change.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls support face-to-face conversation and visual interaction. Phone sessions work well for shorter check-ins or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to get support between sessions, for brief check-ins or when typing feels easier than speaking.
These options let people fit therapy into busy schedules, manage caregiving responsibilities, or connect from different time zones while working with a licensed professional and tailoring the style to individual needs.
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