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Anne Douglas

Anne Douglas, LMFT

Therapist in North Carolina

Experienced LMFT focused on healing and relationships

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  • 25 years experience
  • LMFT credential
  • Attachment informed

About Anne

Anne Douglas is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) with 25 years of clinical experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strain, addiction concerns, and trauma-related issues. She also supports those dealing with parenting pressures, sleep and eating problems, career stress, and questions about intimacy and self-esteem.

Her approach is practical and collaborative. Sessions focus on clear goals and everyday strategies clients can try between meetings. Anne blends relational ideas with cognitive tools so people can change unhelpful patterns and improve how they connect with others.

She trained at Northwestern University and taught a large undergraduate psychology course there. Anne has served on college faculty and supervised students, and she has been a Clinical Fellow at the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy for over 20 years.

In therapy she uses attachment-based work, client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral tools, emotionally-focused ideas, and elements of Jungian and narrative approaches. That mix lets her match methods to what each person needs and prefers. She also offers coaching-style help when clients want focused, practical steps.

Anne offers live camera sessions, live phone sessions, and email chat sessions, along with ongoing email contact. Before booking, clients are encouraged to confirm current session options and scheduling details through the Start Therapy process.

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How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Attachment-based work focuses on how relationships influence feelings and behavior. Online conversations explore patterns in close relationships and help people build safer, more dependable ways of connecting. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. In online sessions CBT can offer concrete strategies and exercises people use between meetings to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, or change unhelpful habits.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist and client will decide together which methods fit best for the issue and the client’s goals. That collaborative process includes checking how each approach feels in practice and adjusting as needed.

Anne has described offering live camera sessions, live phone sessions, and email chat sessions, along with ongoing email contact. When session formats are not spelled out here, confirm current options before booking. Online work can make scheduling easier, allow shorter check-ins during busy days, and let people use tools and exercises between meetings. It also makes consistent follow-up by email possible for clients who want more frequent feedback.

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Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefCoaching

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFirst responder issuesGender dysphoriaHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySocial anxiety and phobiaTraumatic brain injuryTrichotillomaniaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Jungian TherapyNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

25+ years

Credentials

Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Virginia

Languages

English

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Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Anne commonly help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addictions, parenting strain, and related life changes.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is collaborative and practical, combining relational work with cognitive tools to change patterns and improve daily functioning.

What kind of experience does she bring to sessions?

She has 25 years of clinical experience, has taught and supervised students, and has been a Clinical Fellow at the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy for over 20 years.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

She practices from North Carolina and holds the LMFT credential, listed as MI LMFT and NC LMFT in her documentation.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people from other countries work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

How are sessions arranged and what formats are used?

Her stated formats include live camera sessions, live phone sessions, and email chat sessions plus ongoing email contact; confirm current options before booking.

How does payment and getting started work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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