About Ayanna
Ayanna Mills is a licensed professional counselor who focuses on stress, anxiety, relationships, and self-esteem. She offers straightforward, compassionate support for depression, addictions, trauma and abuse, and career concerns. Her tone is warm and direct, and she aims to help people take practical steps forward.
With 13 years in the mental health field, Ayanna blends practical methods with an empathetic presence. She uses approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and Mindfulness.
Background and approach
In sessions she listens first, then helps people try small behavior changes and new ways of thinking. She often works with issues connected to family life, attachment, adoption and foster care, and blended family stress. Ayanna also supports people facing body image struggles, codependency, commitment and communication problems, and caregiver stress.
She helps those coping with domestic violence, substance use concerns, and major life transitions. Her style is genuine and relationship-focused. She aims to build trust quickly and meet people where they are in change.
Sessions typically involve clear goals, practical tools to use between meetings, and ongoing check-ins about progress. Ayanna earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Central Missouri and a Master of Science in Mental Health Counseling from Walden University. She practices in Missouri as an LPC and conducts sessions in English.
To start, she asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an appointment.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and take small actions that reflect those values. It’s useful for anxiety, depression, and when someone feels stuck by painful thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and changing routines that keep problems going. CBT often helps with anxiety, mood concerns, and coping during life changes.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Ayanna will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit those goals, and adjust over time based on what helps. That way the work stays practical and focused on real-life change rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online sessions offer flexible ways to connect. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and reading body language. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share updates, ask quick questions, and use therapy tools between appointments. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to continue work when in-person visits aren’t possible.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Missouri
- Languages
- English