About Anna
Anna Ward Martin is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Georgia with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship strain, and family concerns. She aims to help people notice their strengths and build practical skills for daily life.
Her approach emphasizes listening and collaboration. She uses client-centered methods to understand each person’s priorities. Cognitive behavioral techniques help break unhelpful thought and behavior cycles.
Background and approach
Dialectical behavior strategies support emotional regulation and coping during high distress. Anna also incorporates mindfulness to help people stay grounded in the present moment. Narrative work can help reframe difficult life stories and uncover values that matter.
Together these methods guide practical steps toward clearer communication and steadier moods. She has worked with people facing substance use challenges and panic symptoms, and she supports those handling guilt, shame, and control issues. Anna offers guidance on life purpose, forgiveness, and building healthier self-regard through steady practice and small changes.
Sessions are offered by phone or video. She prefers those formats over chat-based sessions. New clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling according to availability.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely and following the person’s priorities. In online sessions this looks like open conversation where the therapist reflects concerns and helps set goals that feel meaningful. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) breaks down unhelpful thoughts and habits into small steps. Online CBT often uses short between-session exercises and clear, goal-focused homework to practice new skills. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) teaches concrete tools for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication, which can be practiced during video or phone sessions when immediate coaching is helpful.Choosing an approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and preferences, then suggest approaches to try. Adjustments are made over time based on what works best for the individual, so the plan can shift as needs change.
Online therapy offers practical benefits like easier scheduling and fewer barriers to attending sessions. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed, and text-based messaging or live chat can support short updates or between-session reinforcement. These options make it simpler to practice new skills consistently while fitting therapy into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Georgia
- Languages
- English