About Anne
Anne Combs is an Ohio-licensed counselor with 40 years in behavioral health. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family challenges, addiction, grief, career concerns, and issues around self-esteem and life changes. She aims for straightforward, practical work that helps people feel better in their day-to-day lives.
Her style is friendly, warm, and interactive. She uses a problem-solving approach and keeps most work focused on the here and now.
How Anne works
While she recognizes how past events shape current struggles, she concentrates on ways to manage that impact so people can move forward. Anne brings experience from roles as a therapist, clinical supervisor, and administrator in both small and large behavioral health organizations. She trained in West Virginia and holds an Ohio LPCC license.
That background gives her a broad view of communication patterns and workplace challenges. She often combines techniques from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution-Focused therapy with coaching methods. This mix is useful for people wanting concrete steps, whether for handling emotional pain or improving professional performance.
Sessions are conversational and practical, with room for humor and straightforward feedback. People who prefer clear goals, short-term problem solving, and tools they can use between sessions tend to do well with her approach. Anne can help identify specific next steps, practice communication skills, and work toward measurable changes in daily routines and relationships.
Anne lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Anne works with
The areas below are the ones Anne selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Approach-driven online therapy for practical change
Anne uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that feed anxiety, depression, or stress. CBT offers tools for problem solving and daily coping that can be practiced between sessions. She also uses Solution-Focused methods which set clear goals and break problems into manageable steps to produce change more quickly.Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about needs, goals, and preferences and adjust methods over time. The therapist aims to find the mix of techniques that feels most useful and realistic for a client's life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and skill practice. Phone sessions can be easier when a shorter check-in is needed or bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can work well for brief updates, quick coaching, or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to maintain momentum between appointments.
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