About Anna

Dr. Anna Ruggirello is a licensed professional counselor with 16 years of experience who practices from Pennsylvania. She brings a warm, encouraging presence to sessions and focuses on helping people through anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and ADHD-related concerns.

Her approach emphasizes respect and steady support so clients feel heard and guided toward practical next steps. She uses clear, hands-on strategies rather than vague promises. That can mean learning mindfulness skills to ease anxious moments or trying new thinking and behavior tools to break unhelpful patterns.

Background and approach

She also supports people working through major life changes, career stress, sleep trouble, and compassion fatigue. Her background includes work across multiple care settings, which shaped a conversational and problem-focused style. Conversations are straightforward, and she aims to make therapy feel manageable and relevant to daily life.

She emphasizes finding meaning and building confidence as part of recovery and growth. Sessions often mix active skill practice with listening and reflection. She helps clients identify what’s most important, set small goals, and track progress.

People who prefer a collaborative, compassionate counselor tend to find her approach useful. Practical matters are discussed up front. She does not provide diagnostic paperwork, insurance reimbursement letters, or legal documentation.

Communication options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging to fit different needs.

How her approaches fit online therapy

Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person and their goals. Sessions focus on listening, empathy, and helping people clarify what they want to change. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to change thinking and behavior patterns that fuel anxiety, depression, or sleep problems. CBT often includes homework and step-by-step practice. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improved interpersonal interactions, which can help with anger, relationship strain, and intense emotional episodes.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. She treats approach selection as a collaborative process and will help clients try methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. Conversations early on focus on priorities and small experiments to see what helps most.

Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit sessions into busy days. Video is useful for longer sessions and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief updates, short coaching, or steady support between sessions. These options make it practical to keep therapy consistent while adapting to work, caregiving, or travel schedules.

Questions people ask

What issues can Dr. Ruggirello help with?
She helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, ADHD, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, career strain, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm, practical, and collaborative. She combines listening with hands-on skills like mindfulness and behavior strategies to help clients make small, concrete changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has 16 years of experience working in a range of care settings and has developed a straightforward, problem-focused approach over that time.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor with LPC and LCPC credentials and practices from Pennsylvania.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexible ways to connect.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on therapist availability.

What this therapist works with

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Experience
16 years
Licensed
Pennsylvania, Maine
Languages
English

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