About Annabel
Dr. Annabel Fields welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to move forward. She writes in plain terms and focuses on the symptoms that make daily life harder, not only on diagnostic labels.
Dr. Fields aims to create a warm, respectful space where clients feel seen and heard from the first visit. With 19 years of experience, she draws on practical techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy.
How Annabel works
She combines those with mindfulness and solution-focused strategies to address mood, stress, and behavior in everyday life. Sessions are aimed at clear, manageable steps rather than long lists of theory. Dr.
Fields holds a California psychologist license, CA Psychologist PSY28382, and completed her doctorate in clinical psychology in 2008. Her background includes work in multiple treatment settings, which exposed her to a wide range of concerns and life situations. She helps people with anxiety, depression, anger, low self-esteem, coping with life changes, addictions, grief, and trauma and abuse.
She also addresses relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting stresses, career concerns, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and isolation or loneliness. Her style is warm, accepting, and collaborative. Dr.
Fields works with each person to build a treatment plan that fits their goals and daily life. The focus is on practical tools, clear steps, and steady progress toward a healthier routine.
Annabel lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Annabel works with
The areas below are the ones Annabel selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | CA Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
How therapy approaches shape online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on the person in the room. The therapist listens carefully and follows the client's lead, offering reflection and acceptance to help people clarify what matters and move forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and build new habits for anxiety, depression, and coping with stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dr. Fields partners with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. Together they try techniques, track what helps, and adjust the plan so it feels useful and realistic for daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexible options. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let clients send shorter updates or work through things between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep momentum between meetings.
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.
Book with AnnabelWe will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.
Common questions
What concerns does Dr. Fields address?
What is her therapy style like?
How long has she practiced?
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
Which languages are supported for sessions?
What session formats are available remotely?
How is cost handled for sessions?
How do I begin working with Dr. Fields?
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