Annette Kauffroth, LCSW - Therapist in Texas

About Annette

Annette Kauffroth is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, trauma, grief, and parenting concerns. She brings warmth and straightforward conversation to sessions so clients can talk through hard moments and make small changes that add up. Annette leans on both acceptance and practical skills to help people manage feelings and find direction.

She started her career as an engineer before training in social work, and that shift guides her practical, solution-focused style.

Background and approach

Annette uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. She blends mindfulness, values work, and skills practice so goals feel concrete and achievable. In sessions she aims to meet clients where they are and balance acceptance with change.

Conversations often include looking at core beliefs, testing unhelpful thinking, and practicing new ways to communicate. She also has experience leading trauma-informed groups and values the healing that comes from shared stories. Annette draws on 14 years of clinical experience as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW.

She works with people across many life challenges, including issues around intimacy, addiction, mood disorders, and midlife transitions. Her approach is steady and collaborative, focused on what a person needs next rather than a rigid protocol. Based in Texas, she offers online options and supports people who prefer flexible session formats.

Conversations are practical, compassionate, and tailored to each person's values and goals.

Therapeutic approaches that translate well online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It focuses less on fixing thoughts and more on living a meaningful life even when feelings are hard. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and offers concrete exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it often works well for anxiety, depression, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy attends to how early relationships shape current connections and communication, and it can help people improve closeness and repair ruptures in relationships.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they try an approach and adjust as needed so therapy fits the person rather than the other way around.

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 schedules and to keep momentum between meetings. For people in Texas and beyond, remote formats can support regular practice of skills, timely check-ins, and steady progress without the need to travel.

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.

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.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting, grief, addictions, LGBT concerns, bipolar disorder, and related life challenges.

How would you describe her therapy style?

Her style is warm and practical. She balances acceptance with actionable skills so people can manage emotions and work toward clear goals.

What is her professional background?

She began as an engineer and changed careers to social work, accumulating 14 years of clinical experience since that transition.

What credentials and location apply?

She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Texas with license number TX LCSW 54196 and practices from Texas.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are offered?

Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.

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?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Trauma and abuse

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 14 years
Licensed: Texas
Languages: English

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