About Anna
Anna VanEaton, LCSW, helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, or depression. She welcomes straightforward conversations and aims to make the first step into therapy feel manageable for people who are nervous about reaching out. She practices with a calm, direct style that focuses on listening first.
Sessions are a chance to talk through what is happening now and figure out practical steps that fit each person's life.
Background and approach
She emphasizes a nonjudgmental space where feelings and thoughts can be named and understood. With 25 years of experience, Anna brings long-term clinical perspective to common and complex problems. She draws on several well-known approaches to tailor work to each person's needs rather than using a single method for everyone.
Her work covers many issues that often overlap, such as abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, body image, communication problems, addiction, and family of origin concerns. She also helps people facing divorce and separation, blended family challenges, and aging-related issues. Anna is licensed in Tennessee as an LCSW.
Sessions are offered in English and provided through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the agreed format. She notes schedule details on her calendar and does not work on Fridays or weekends. Starting is simple: select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a time that fits with the therapist's availability.
How these approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for persistent anxiety, motivation problems, and low self-worth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior, and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns that keep problems going. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma-focused approach that helps reduce the intensity of traumatic memories by processing them in a structured way; it is aimed at people struggling with trauma and abuse.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. That choice is collaborative and can change as progress is made or new needs appear.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let a therapist see nonverbal cues and allow fuller conversations when schedules or distance make in-person visits hard. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is all that is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter, focused exchanges for check-ins, skill practice, or brief support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while using the therapist's clinical approaches to address stress, anxiety, trauma, and related concerns.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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