About Annette
Annette Church is a licensed professional counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, addictions, grief, and life transitions. She writes plainly and listens closely to understand what each person needs. Her work is practical and focused on small, achievable changes that add up over time.
Annette uses a client-centered stance in sessions, meeting people where they are and shaping the work around their goals. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
Mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy tools are also part of her approach for coping with difficult emotions. Sessions include regular check-ins to see whether the plan is helping and to adjust the focus when needed. Motivational Interviewing is used when change feels hard or motivation is mixed.
She combines brief, solution-focused ideas with longer-term strategies when appropriate. With two decades of experience, Annette brings a calm, steady presence and a range of practical tools. She emphasizes respect and avoids shame when people struggle with addiction, trauma, or mood concerns.
The goal is to help clients build skills that fit their lives. Annette practices in Arizona as an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor. Most work is offered in English and she aims to make sessions straightforward and useful from the first meeting.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and taking actions that match personal values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and life changes by clarifying what matters and building consistent small steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is useful for panic, phobias, mood concerns, and many stress-related problems. Client-Centered Therapy centers the persons own goals and experience, with the therapist offering empathic listening and gentle guidance rather than directing the session.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick tools that fit their goals, preferences, and daily routines. That choice can change over time as needs shift, and sessions include regular check-ins to adjust the plan.
Online formats such as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging make therapy more flexible. Video allows face-to-face conversation when that helps. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging are options for brief check-ins, journaling-style reflections, or when scheduling shorter, more frequent touchpoints fits better into a busy day.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- 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
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English