About Ann
Ann Huyghe, LPC, helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or life changes. She focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier. Many come for help with trauma, grief, phobias, or struggles with eating and self-esteem.
Ann offers a respectful and down-to-earth approach for people seeking steady support. Ann works from Michigan and brings 14 years of clinical experience to her practice. She listens first, then collaborates on goals that matter to each person.
Background and approach
Sessions are shaped to fit what a person prefers and needs, whether they want short-term tools or longer-term work. Her approach blends cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance and commitment ideas and a client-centered stance. That means she helps people notice thoughts and feelings, try small behavior changes, and clarify what matters most to them.
Ann also draws on motivational interviewing and existential perspectives when people face big choices or feel stuck. She uses these methods to help people find motivation, make meaning, and move forward in practical ways. People who contact Ann can expect straightforward conversation and concrete strategies.
She pays attention to relationships, attachment patterns, and issues like impulsivity or obsessive thoughts. Her aim is to help people build skills that reduce distress and support healthier everyday routines.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Ann blends cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy with a client-centered way of meeting people. Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify patterns of thought and behavior to test and change small habits that make life harder. Acceptance and commitment therapy focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them while clarifying personal values to guide action. Client-centered therapy keeps the conversation grounded in empathy and the person's own priorities.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Ann will discuss goals, try techniques together, and adjust the plan based on what helps most. Decisions about pace, tools, and focus are made collaboratively so the person feels involved in shaping their care.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow full conversation with visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text messaging make it simple to share brief updates and get ongoing support between longer sessions. These options help people fit therapy around work, family, and other responsibilities while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
Also listed
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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