About Anne
Anne McLaren is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin with 15 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Her style is straightforward and supportive, aimed at helping people take small, practical steps toward better coping and greater confidence.
She uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful space where a person’s perspective guides the work. That approach helps people feel heard while they sort through difficult emotions and decisions.
Background and approach
Anne also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new, healthier ways of responding to stress. For relationship challenges she brings elements of the Gottman Method to improve communication and reduce conflict. Mindfulness techniques are offered to help with overwhelming emotions and to build awareness of physical and emotional signals.
Solution-Focused Therapy helps keep sessions goal-oriented and practical when immediate changes are needed. Anne has worked across settings over her career and has supported clients dealing with grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, compassion fatigue, bipolar mood concerns, and intimacy-related difficulties. She also addresses issues like codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, and forgiveness.
Sessions are conversational and paced to the individual. Anne emphasizes clear goals, skills people can use between sessions, and steady progress rather than quick fixes. She speaks English and practices in Wisconsin as an LPC.
How Anne’s Approaches Work Online
Anne blends Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to meet real-life problems. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and understanding so a person can talk through worries and feel respected. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or depression.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. Together they decide which techniques to try first and adjust plans as progress unfolds.
Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to offer flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues for deeper conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat and text sessions can provide shorter check-ins, notes between meetings, or support for people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, home, or busy schedules while keeping the work collaborative and focused on practical change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English