About Annette
Annette OBryant is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Texas with 12 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life changes. Annette aims to make therapy straightforward and practical so people can use what they learn right away.
Annette creates a calm, respectful space for clients to talk through difficult experiences. She helps people work on self-esteem, grief, relationships, and the fallout from addiction or compulsive behaviors.
Background and approach
Her work also covers concerns such as ADHD, bipolar mood patterns, anger, and compassion fatigue. She uses several evidence-informed approaches to tailor care to each person. That can mean focusing on thoughts and behaviors, building emotional awareness, or working through past traumatic memories.
The emphasis is on realistic tools and small changes that add up over time. Annette also pays attention to life stage issues like midlife transitions, caregiver stress, and aging concerns. She supports people facing blended family challenges, communication breakdowns, and feelings of isolation or purposelessness.
Practical problem solving is woven into longer-term emotional work. Sessions are conversational and goal oriented. Annette works with people who want clearer coping skills, better relationships, and more confidence in daily life.
Her style is warm and steady, aimed at steady progress rather than quick fixes.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person's experience and choices. In practice this means the therapist listens closely and follows the client's pace while offering empathy and reflection to help people clarify goals and values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and problems where changing thinking or habits leads to relief.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options and try techniques that match a person's needs, goals, and preferences. Decisions about which method to use happen collaboratively and can shift over time as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer talk therapy. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat or messaging can be helpful for ongoing support between visits and for clients who prefer written conversation. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still working with licensed professionals.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English