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Ana Stevenson

Calm, practical therapy for family and parenting concerns

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
9 years
Licensed in
New Mexico
Languages
English, Spanish
Format
Online sessions

About Ana

Ana Stevenson is a licensed clinical social worker who uses a client-centered approach to help people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting concerns, and life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and draws on practical, down-to-earth conversation to help people identify next steps. Ana focuses on clear, manageable goals rather than long lists of clinical terms.

Ana has nine years of professional clinical experience as an LCSW. Her background includes work with trauma survivors, immigrants, and people facing major life transitions.

Background and approach

Before clinical work she spent years in employee relations, which shaped her practical problem-solving style. In sessions she blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and mindfulness techniques to address difficult memories, upsetting thoughts, and present-day stress. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills when people are working on emotion regulation and coping strategies.

Ana places value on connecting what happens in the body with what happens in the mind. That can mean grounding exercises, reframing unhelpful thoughts, or structured exposure to reduce avoidance. She aims to make tools easy to use between sessions.

Her practice considers many life areas that affect wellbeing, including relationships, grief, addictions, adoption and foster care concerns, aging and caregiver stress, immigration issues, and family problems. She frames work as a step-by-step process and partners with people to find practical changes that fit their lives.

Remote approaches that combine skills and healing

Ana uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. CBT is practical and goal-oriented, and it can help with anxiety, depression, and everyday stressors.

She also uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, to address distressing memories and trauma-related symptoms. EMDR focuses on reducing emotional charge around troubling memories and can be paired with other techniques.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ana will discuss goals, preferences, and what feels tolerable, and then test methods together. She treats the choice of techniques as collaborative and adjusts the plan as progress and needs change.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and to use brief check-ins or longer video visits as needed. Licensed professionals can teach the same CBT skills, EMDR strategies, DBT tools, and mindfulness practices remotely, and Ana adapts exercises so people can practice them between sessions.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns can Ana help with?
Ana works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, grief, parenting, relationship and family problems, addictions, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapy style like?
She practices client-centered care and uses practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and mindfulness to address thoughts, feelings, and body-based reactions.
How much experience does she bring?
Ana has nine years of clinical experience as an LCSW and additional background in employee relations that informs her practical approach to problem solving.
Where is Ana licensed and based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker in New Mexico, NM LCSW C-06038.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Spanish, and Ana also works with international clients.
What session formats are offered online?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling according to therapist availability.

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Experience
9 years
Licensed
New Mexico
Languages
English, Spanish

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