About Annie
Annie Allen is a licensed master social worker with 20 years of experience in medical and mental health settings. She describes herself as caring, compassionate, and transparent. Annie listens closely and helps people find practical ways to manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and sleep problems.
Her background includes individual therapy, group work, and support groups for people facing memory loss and end-of-life concerns. She has also offered counseling in community settings such as churches and senior centers.
How Annie works
Annie brings long-term practice helping people cope with chronic mood issues, trauma and abuse, and obsessive or compulsive concerns. In sessions she focuses on partnership and respect. She treats each person as an individual and works with them to build coping strategies that fit daily life.
She emphasizes self-determination and aims to guide rather than direct the process. Annie uses a mix of approaches to match a person’s needs. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to address thinking patterns and emotion-focused methods to strengthen connection and understanding.
Mindfulness and acceptance-based ideas are part of her toolkit for managing anxiety and stress. Parents and caregivers who are worn down by compassion fatigue, people navigating grief or chronic illness, and those coping with relationship or intimacy-related worries often seek practical steps to feel steadier. Annie helps people turn insights into simple, doable practices for home and work life.
Annie lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Annie works with
The areas below are the ones Annie selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It helps people move toward what matters to them even when emotions are strong. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on understanding emotions and repair in close relationships and can help people improve intimacy and connection.Annie treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with the person about their goals and try different tools to see what fits best. Together they decide which methods to emphasize and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let a person use visual cues for a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support quick check-ins, brief skill practice, or ongoing reflections between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between meetings.
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