Anna Patterson, LMHC - Therapist in Florida

About Anna

Anna Patterson is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and life changes. She provides direct, compassionate support and aims to make conversations clear and manageable for worried parents reading on a phone. Her style is warm and interactive and she focuses on creating a respectful space where people feel heard.

She brings 11 years of clinical experience to sessions and uses several well-known therapies tailored to each person.

Background and approach

Anna often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to address unhelpful thinking patterns and on attachment-based ideas to look at relational patterns that affect wellbeing. She also uses motivational interviewing to help people find motivation for change and psychodynamic concepts when past experiences shape current struggles.

Sessions typically include concrete steps to try at home and time to talk through what matters most right now. Conversations can cover practical coping skills, ways to manage mood and anxiety, and processing grief or difficult life transitions. Anna describes her work as collaborative; she listens first and then offers tools that fit the situation.

Therapy is offered in English and delivered remotely through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Anna holds the Florida LMHC credential - FL LMHC MH16833 - and has focused experience with a broad set of concerns including ADHD, compassion fatigue, and women's issues.

Her approach tends to be steady and caring, aimed at helping people regain balance and clarity during stressful periods.

How Anna’s approaches translate to online care

Anna commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy and attachment-based therapy in ways that translate well to remote work. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and it often includes straightforward exercises and practice tasks to do between sessions. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early and current relationships shape feelings and reactions, helping people notice patterns and try new ways of relating.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will help you decide which methods fit your needs, goals, and preferences. This is a collaborative process where techniques can be adjusted over time based on what helps most.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions around school, work, or caregiving duties, and let people use the format that feels most comfortable. Sessions can include conversation, skill-building exercises, and follow-up messages to support progress between meetings.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does she address?

Anna works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, coping with life changes, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, eating issues, anger, self esteem, career questions, compassion fatigue, and ADHD among other topics.

What is her general therapeutic style?

She offers a warm, interactive style that emphasizes listening first. Sessions mix practical tools with space to talk through feelings and history.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 11 years of experience working with a range of mental health concerns and life transitions.

What credentials and location are listed?

Anna holds the Florida licensed mental health counselor credential FL LMHC MH16833 and practices from Florida.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for remote work.

How are costs structured?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience: 11 years
Licensed: Florida
Languages: English

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