About Anna
Anna Evans is a licensed clinician in Illinois with 24 years of professional experience helping people manage depression, anxiety, grief, and substance use. She supports those coping with chronic insomnia, chronic illness or disability, caregiver stress, and major life changes like relationship loss. Anna aims to make the first steps into therapy feel manageable and respectful.
Her approach is straightforward and person-focused. She listens and works with each person to set realistic goals.
Background and approach
Sessions emphasize practical skills for sleep, mood, and coping with stress. Anna also offers support for people in high-stress jobs, including first responders and fellow mental health providers. She draws on client-centered methods that prioritize the individual’s perspective.
Cognitive behavioral tools are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and build healthier routines. Trauma-focused strategies are available when past events are affecting daily life. Motivational interviewing helps people find their own reasons for change.
Existential therapy is used when clients want to talk about meaning, purpose, or major life transitions. These approaches are blended to match what a person needs in the moment. Anna holds LCPC and LPC credentials and brings two decades of clinical work to sessions.
She values clear communication and practical steps that fit real life. Working together, she helps people make steady progress toward the goals they set.
Approaches that guide online care
Anna uses client-centered techniques that focus on the person’s experience and priorities, helping them feel heard and steering sessions toward what matters most. Cognitive behavioral therapy is used to spot patterns between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and to develop concrete strategies for managing mood, sleep, and daily routines. Trauma-focused methods are available when past events interfere with current functioning and aim to reduce their ongoing impact.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that fit the client’s goals, and adjust plans as progress is made. Clients help set the pace and choose techniques that feel useful for their situation.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video works well for in-depth conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text can be used for quick check-ins or shorter exchanges. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to keep consistent contact between sessions.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English