- Stress and anxiety
- Parenting support
- Trauma informed care
About Ann
Ann Woodford is a licensed social worker in Ohio with 20 years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and big life changes. Her work also includes support for parenting challenges, career concerns, grief, and trauma-related issues.
She believes each person knows their own story and brings strengths to the work. In sessions she uses those strengths to help people move through what feels stuck. Ann aims to make therapy practical and geared to real life decisions and actions.
Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to clarify thoughts and habits that keep problems stuck. She also uses the Gottman Method when relationship patterns are part of the concern, and trauma-focused therapy when past harms affect day-to-day life. These methods are tools she blends to match a person’s needs.
Over two decades she has supported people dealing with anger, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and parenting stress. She also addresses issues connected to adoption and foster care, blended family dynamics, caregiver strain, and coping with natural or human-caused disaster.
Ann aims to create straightforward sessions that break big problems into manageable steps. She offers support that balances practical coaching with emotional understanding. To begin, clients complete a brief questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.
How Ann’s approaches translate to online therapy
Ann uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors; this approach is useful for anxiety, stress, and mood concerns. The Gottman Method addresses relationship patterns and communication habits, offering concrete tools couples or partners can practice to improve interactions. Trauma-Focused Therapy helps people process past harms and reduce how much trauma memories interfere with daily life.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That choice can shift over time as progress is made or new issues arise.
Confirm the current session options before booking to know which online formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, save travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people meet with a licensed professional from elsewhere in Ohio without changing their daily routine.
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Experience
20+ years
Credentials
Ohio
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Ann commonly help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting issues, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, and coping with life changes including disaster-related stress.
What is her general approach or style in sessions?
She combines practical problem-solving with emotional support. Sessions focus on identifying strengths, setting achievable steps, and using approaches that match each person's needs.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 20 years of professional work experience supporting people through a range of concerns, from career stress to trauma-related symptoms.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LISW, licensed in Ohio, and practices out of that state.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats the therapist is offering at that time.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work together?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.