Annie (Anne) Cummings
Helping parents and adults find steady ground
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed in
- Florida
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Annie
Annie (Anne) Cummings is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience helping people manage hard times. She practices in Florida and brings a calm, warm manner to conversations about stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and parenting concerns. Anne aims to make the first steps feel simple and approachable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.
Her background includes a Master of Social Work from Fordham University and clinical work in hospital and correctional settings.
Background and approach
That training gave her experience with dual diagnosis care and with older adults facing complex needs. She mentions work in medical and correctional environments early in her career as formative to her practice. Anne’s style centers on a client-centered relationship where comfort and trust come first.
She combines practical tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with acceptance-based strategies from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Sessions focus on what matters to the client and what can be changed step by step. She also uses elements of solution-focused and mindfulness approaches to help people build small, achievable habits.
Topics she commonly addresses include grief and loss, trauma and abuse, intimacy and relationship problems, sleep difficulties, anger, and self-esteem issues. Anne works to tailor methods to each person’s situation. Clients can expect straightforward conversations, active problem solving, and techniques they can use between sessions.
She emphasizes collaboration - setting goals together and adjusting the plan as needed. The overall tone is supportive and practical.
Practical approaches for online family and parenting concerns
Anne uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in online work. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical steps, which can help with anxiety, sleep problems, and mood. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values and take small committed actions, which is useful for coping with change, grief, and ongoing stress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Anne talks with each person about goals and day-to-day challenges, then tailors techniques to fit those needs. She adjusts the plan as progress is made so therapy stays relevant and manageable.
Online therapy offers flexibility that can suit busy parents and working adults. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care while managing appointments around family and work commitments.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English
Next step
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