About Anna
Anna Banwell is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Wisconsin. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, or big life changes. Her style is straightforward and caring to make it easier to talk about hard things.
She uses active listening and goal-focused conversation to help people notice what matters most. Sessions often include practical strategies for coping, improving communication, and building self-compassion. Anna aims to help people see small, usable steps forward rather than offering quick fixes.
Background and approach
Clients might work on setting boundaries, managing anxiety day to day, or finding clearer purpose after a life shift. She also supports those dealing with cancer-related concerns, loneliness, and challenges tied to women's issues. Communication problems are a common focus in her work, with concrete skills practiced in sessions.
Anna blends client-centered care with techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy, bringing warmth alongside skills training for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. She encourages people to try tools between sessions and reflect on what helps in real life. The result is practical growth that fits each person's routine.
Her approach values each person's pace and priorities. Conversations are collaborative, with attention to strengths, values, and realistic goals. People leave sessions with clear options to try and space to notice what changes for them.
Client-centered and skill-based online therapy
Anna blends client-centered therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to offer practical help through online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening deeply and following each person's priorities, which helps when someone needs a calm place to work through feelings and choices. DBT provides teachable skills for managing emotions and handling distress, useful for anxiety, stress, and improving communication.Deciding which approach to use is a team process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and daily challenges, then suggest techniques to try. Together they'll adjust methods so the work fits the person's needs and pace rather than forcing a single path.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video allows face-to-face conversation and skill coaching, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat or messaging can suit short check-ins or moments when typing feels easier. These options make it possible to get consistent support without traveling and to match the format to what works best for day-to-day life.
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- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English