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Annie Allen

Annie Allen

LMSW

Michigan

Experienced, collaborative therapist

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At a glance

Credentials
LMSW
License
LMSW, Michigan / 6801067985
Experience
20 years
Languages
English
Location
Michigan

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    • Motivational approach
    • Practical coping skills
    • Values focused

    About Annie

    Annie Allen is a clinician with 20 years of experience in medical and mental health settings. She holds an LMSW, and she begins by listening closely to what matters most to each person. Annie aims to be warm, straightforward, and respectful while helping people find clear next steps for difficult moments.

    Her practice centers on practical coping skills and real conversation. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, sleep problems, anger, and trauma and abuse. She also supports those facing compassion fatigue, ADHD-related concerns, intimacy-related issues, and problems tied to multicultural stress or prejudice.

    Annie blends approaches to match the person in front of her. Sessions draw on Motivational Interviewing to build motivation, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to settle on values-driven action, and evidence-based techniques from CBT and DBT for mood and behavior tools. She focuses on what people can try between sessions so progress carries into daily life.

    Her background includes individual work, couple counseling experience, faith-based and group psychotherapy, and community programs such as Alzheimer’s women’s support groups and radio ministry outreach. Those experiences inform a practical, down-to-earth style aimed at making therapeutic work useful and manageable.

    Annie frames therapy as a partnership. She listens, offers guidance, and helps people develop coping strategies tied to their goals. She invites clients to share what matters to them and to shape the plan together.

  2. How Annie brings therapeutic methods online

    Motivational Interviewing helps people clarify why change matters to them and strengthens their own motivation to take steps forward. It works well for ambivalence around behavior change and goal setting.

    Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings while taking actions that match personal values. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

    Annie believes finding the right approach is a shared process. She listens to each person's goals and preferences and then suggests methods to try together. That plan can shift as needs change so the work stays useful.

    Confirm the exact online session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins during work breaks or between appointments. It can also be helpful when a quieter setting or less screen time is needed, since different session styles can be chosen to match daily life.

  4. Areas of expertise

    Primary focus

    Stress, AnxietyGriefSelf esteemDepressionCoping with life changes

    Also works with

    Trauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCompassion fatigueADHD

    Additional focus areas

    HIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingJealousyMulticultural concernsObsessions, compulsions, and OCDParanoiaPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harm

    Therapeutic approaches

    Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

    Experience

    20+ years

    Listed in

    Michigan

    Languages

    English

  5. Frequently asked questions

    What concerns does Annie commonly address?

    She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, sleep problems, anger, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue, among other issues.

    What is Annie's therapeutic style?

    Her style is collaborative and practical, focusing on listening first and then building small, doable steps toward recovery and relief.

    How much clinical experience does she have?

    She has about 20 years of experience working in both medical and mental health settings with individual, couple, faith-based, and group psychotherapy.

    What credentials and region are associated with this therapist?

    Annie holds an LMSW and practices in Michigan.

    Can sessions be held in languages other than English?

    Sessions are offered in English.

    Are international clients supported?

    International clients are not currently accepted.

    How does payment work and what does it cost?

    Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

    How do I begin working with Annie?

    Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

  6. Online talk therapy is not emergency or medical care. Stopping or cutting down alcohol or other drugs can be unsafe without medical advice. In immediate danger? Crisis numbers

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