About Ayanna
Ayanna Gill-Cooper is a licensed professional counselor practicing in Mississippi with 22 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety and supports those facing grief, relationship strain, mood challenges, and trauma. Ayanna aims to make the first step toward change feel possible and practical for each person she sees.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through difficult feelings and confusing situations. Sessions move at a client's pace and focus on clear, doable steps rather than jargon.
Background and approach
The work often includes learning coping skills, building better routines, and practicing ways to communicate needs more directly. Ayanna pays attention to cultural background and the ways identity shapes stress and coping. That attention helps tailor strategies to what fits each person's life and values.
She also helps people facing parenting pressures, grief after loss, and challenges tied to eating or mood disorders. Therapy with her typically mixes short-term problem solving with longer work on patterns that keep returning. She believes change happens through steady practice and honest conversation.
People who prefer a straightforward, respectful approach that focuses on real-life improvements may find her style a good match. Sessions are offered through video calls, phone, live chat, and text messaging. Language of service is English and the practice does not work with international clients.
Practical scheduling and subscription details are handled when starting therapy.
Practical approaches and online care that fit your life
Ayanna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-life problems and skills. One common approach she emphasizes is skill-based work for anxiety and stress - learning breathing, grounding, and step-by-step coping methods to reduce overwhelm and handle triggers. Another strand centers on grief and trauma-informed support - talking through loss or painful memories at a pace that feels manageable and building routines that restore daily functioning.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals, try methods that match your needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made. Together you decide whether short-term coping strategies or longer-term work on patterns will be the priority.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions for lower bandwidth or a simpler check-in, live chat for shorter exchanges, and text messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, handle quick check-ins, and choose the format that feels most comfortable while working toward meaningful change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi
- Languages
- English