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Ann Kite

Experienced LCSW for practical parenting help

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Credentials
LCSW
Experience
28 years
Licensed in
California
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Ann

Ann Kite is a licensed clinical social worker with 28 years of experience. She aims to create a respectful, sensitive space where people can talk about stress, anxiety, identity concerns, trauma, intimacy, and other life challenges. She listens first and tailors conversations to each person's situation.

Her tone is practical and straightforward, focused on small steps people can try between sessions. She uses approaches that help a person notice patterns, try new skills, and build motivation for change.

Background and approach

Sessions are collaborative and aimed at making day-to-day life more manageable. Ann adapts tools to fit what a person already does well and where they want to grow. Ann has worked in California settings across a long career that includes community and clinical experience.

She draws on that background when addressing grief, addiction, parenting concerns, mood struggles, ADHD, and relationship issues. She also supports people facing identity questions, multicultural challenges, and stress from major life changes. Practical tools often come from cognitive behavioral ideas - noticing thoughts and testing them - combined with client-centered listening and motivational strategies to help people move forward.

Conversations can include problem-solving, coping skills, and ways to improve communication with others. Ann seeks to meet people where they are and help them take the next realistic step. She works in English and accepts international clients.

Her California license is LCSW 19380, and she draws on nearly three decades of practice to inform each tailored plan.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening, understanding, and meeting a person where they are. It creates a space to speak honestly and decide what matters most to work on. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments to change feelings and behaviors. It’s useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems, and many everyday struggles. Motivational Interviewing helps a person find reasons and motivation for change by exploring their values and goals rather than pushing advice.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will explore needs, goals, and preferences together and adjust methods over time. That collaborative process helps match practical tools to what feels realistic for each person.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy family schedules, to follow up quickly between meetings, and to use brief check-ins when full calls are not possible. Many people find this mix of formats helps them stay engaged and try new skills in everyday life.

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.

Motivational Interviewing

A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, identity and LGBT concerns, intimacy and relationship problems, addictions, grief, parenting issues, mood disorders such as depression and bipolar, ADHD, and related worries.
What is her general therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and client-centered with practical tools. She listens first, then uses cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing to help people try new habits and solve problems.
How much experience does this therapist have?
She has 28 years of professional work experience in California settings, bringing long-term practice to a range of concerns and treatment approaches.
What are her credentials and where is she licensed?
She is a licensed clinical social worker. Her California license is LCSW 19380 and she practices from California.
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English. She accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
28 years
Licensed
California
Languages
English

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