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Anna Owens

Anna Owens, LPC-MHSP

Therapist in Tennessee

Compassionate therapist focused on boundaries and growth

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  • Trauma informed
  • Practical coping skills
  • Values based work

About Anna

Anna Owens is a licensed psychotherapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and complicated intimacy issues. She brings 11 years of clinical experience and a practical focus to conversations about coping, addiction, ADHD, and trauma-related concerns. Her style is direct and compassionate, aimed at helping people find clearer boundaries and more inner strength.

She sees adults, couples, and adolescents and works from a trauma-informed perspective. Sessions focus on practical tools like coping skills, boundary setting, and examining patterns that keep someone stuck. Clients can expect a mix of gentle challenge and steady support while they try out new ways of relating to themselves and others.

Anna uses several therapeutic approaches tailored to each person. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Existential Therapy to match the work to each client’s goals. The process often involves noticing unhelpful habits, learning new skills, and clarifying values to guide next steps.

She emphasizes collaboration: the client’s experience guides the pace and focus of therapy. The work can include sitting with difficult feelings, taking inventory of relationships and choices, and practicing concrete skills between sessions. Anna aims to help clients build self-worth, stronger boundaries, and room for new experiences.

If someone is navigating toxic relationships, narcissistic abuse, or major life change, she frames therapy as a space to sort priorities and grow. To begin, a prospective client follows the site’s intake flow to match and schedule according to the therapist’s listing.

How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Anna blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in ways that focus on values and practical change. ACT helps people notice what matters most, accept difficult feelings, and take steps aligned with their values. CBT looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep stress and anxiety going and teaches concrete strategies to shift those patterns.

She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy to keep sessions grounded in a respectful, nonjudgmental stance. That approach emphasizes the client’s experience and pacing, helping people feel heard while testing new ways of responding to problems. Together these approaches give options: values work, skills practice, and reflective listening all have a place in the process.

Finding the right mix is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked or not worked in the past. From there she tailors the approach and adjusts over time, making room for skills practice, reflection, and real-life experiments.

Specific session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online sessions can help fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, or making it easier to schedule sessions around work or parenting. These practical benefits can make consistent work on relationships, stress, and coping skills easier to maintain.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesBody imageCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCo-morbidityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHIV / AIDSHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Existential TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingSolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

11+ years

Credentials

Tennessee

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Anna help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship issues, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, intimacy concerns, anger, self-esteem, career stress, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and related challenges.

What is her general approach in sessions?

Her style is collaborative and straightforward, combining skill teaching with reflective conversation. Sessions often include boundary work, values clarification, and practical tools to manage feelings.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 11 years of professional experience working in mental health settings and with a range of concerns across the lifespan.

What credentials and region are listed for this clinician?

She is listed as LPC-MHSP, a Tennessee LPC-MHSP, and her profile location is Tennessee.

Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?

Sessions are offered in English, and the profile indicates international clients are accepted.

What session formats are available?

Session formats are not specified in the biography; confirm current session options with the site before scheduling.

How are fees and payments handled?

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

How do I begin working with this therapist?

Select the continue button on this profile, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

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