About Anne
Anne George is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 12 years of clinical experience in California. She focuses on helping people navigate addictions, relationship strain, family problems, and parenting stress. She centers clients' strengths and practical steps rather than labels or judgment.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. Sessions focus on clear goals and small, doable changes. She helps people spot patterns that keep them stuck and then practices different ways to react.
How Anne works
Work can include building communication tools, setting boundaries, or managing anger and cravings. Anne uses approaches that emphasize values, connection, and practical skills. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters and act on it.
She also uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current behavior, and Cognitive Behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and routines. Typical concerns she addresses include self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and career transitions. She also assists with adoption and foster care issues, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and substance use problems.
The work mixes coaching, skills practice, and conversation tailored to each person's goals. People who prefer clear guidance and a practical plan tend to fit well with her approach. Anne supports clients as they try new responses and track progress.
The focus is on steady steps toward more stable relationships and better day-to-day functioning.
Anne lists 8 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.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people name their values and take actions that match those values. It is useful for coping with addiction, life transitions, and low motivation by focusing on small, meaningful steps. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current closeness and trust. It can help with intimacy-related concerns, blended family dynamics, and attachment issues by tracking patterns and practicing new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches skills to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and routines, which often helps with anxiety, sleep problems, eating issues, and anger.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will help weigh options based on a person's goals, needs, and preferences. Sessions are collaborative and can mix elements from different approaches as progress requires.
Online sessions offer flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people practice skills with visual cues, phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing coaching and tracking between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or treatment schedules while keeping a steady pace of support.
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