About Annabel
Dr. Annabel Fields offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or big life changes. She focuses on the symptoms that get in the way of day-to-day life and helps clients build simple, workable strategies to feel better.
Dr. Fields is a California psychologist with nineteen years of clinical experience and a doctorate in clinical psychology. Her sessions are straightforward and person-centered.
She listens first and then helps clients set clear, short-term goals.
Background and approach
Many people come for help with anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, or problems with motivation and self-esteem. She also works with people facing addiction, caregiver stress, chronic illness, or concerns around gender and sexuality. Dr.
Fields draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thinking and replace it with skills that reduce distress. She uses Client-Centered techniques to create an accepting, respectful space where clients can talk and be heard. Mindfulness practices and solution-focused strategies are woven in to build coping tools and small, achievable changes.
Her background includes a Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology from Widener University and nearly two decades of work in varied treatment settings. That range of experience means she is comfortable addressing complex, co-occurring issues and adapting approaches to fit each person. Sessions are conducted in English, and she practices in California as a CA Psychologist, PSY28382.
Dr. Fields aims to collaborate on realistic plans that move clients toward clearer choices and steadier days.
Approaches you can use online and how they help
Dr. Fields commonly blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in online sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and practicing different behaviors to reduce anxiety or depression. It is useful for problems like panic, phobias, low mood, and difficulty concentrating.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the client leads the pace and topics. This approach helps people feel heard and builds trust, which can make it easier to try new coping strategies and work through sensitive topics such as identity, grief, or relationship concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day needs. That might mean focusing on skills practice one week and on exploration and support the next.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for face-to-face conversation and skills demonstrations. Phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers to not be on camera. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, journaling-style exchanges, or when a shorter, more frequent touchpoint helps keep momentum. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people fit sessions into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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