About Ann
Ann DePoole is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, ADHD, depression, addiction, and trauma. She aims to create an open, trusting space so people can talk about what matters and begin making changes. Ann draws on 14 years of practice to guide practical next steps rather than vague advice.
She returned to school in her 40s to become a therapist, and she says that decision grew from a wish to help others live fuller lives.
Background and approach
Ann uses straightforward talk therapy and skills training to address mood disorders, co-occurring conditions, and substance-related concerns. She keeps sessions focused on what a person wants to change and how to get there. Ann uses approaches that help people notice their thoughts and act on their values, learn skills for emotional regulation, and repair attachment patterns.
In session she blends structured techniques with supportive listening so clients can try new ways of coping. She also works with grief, relationship and intimacy issues, career strain, and caregiving stress. Her additional focus areas include body image, communication problems, codependency, avoidant personality concerns, and aging-related challenges.
Ann pays attention to how life transitions and past losses continue to shape daily functioning. Her work aims to be practical, steady, and centered on each person’s goals. Sessions are offered in English and conducted online by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Ann practices from Arizona and holds LCSW licensure in Florida and Arizona.
How Ann’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and then choose actions that match their values. Online ACT sessions often focus on small experiments and everyday practices to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful activity. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying thought patterns and testing them with real-life behavior changes; it often uses short exercises, homework, and skill-building that translate well to video or text check-ins. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships, using focused practice and coaching around real situations.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has worked before. Together they decide whether to start with skills-based work, values-focused work, or a different combination that fits the client’s needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer sessions and face-to-face interaction, phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed, and live chat or text can support brief check-ins, homework review, or coaching between sessions. These options make scheduling easier and help people fit therapy into busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Arizona
- Languages
- English
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