Annette Warner , LICSW

Annette Warner is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) with 22 years of experience supporting children, families, and adults facing a range of mental health challenges. She has extensive experience working with students and adults with severe and persistent mental health conditions, including those with dual diagnoses, and has developed a particular clinical focus on trauma through both professional training and lived experience as a foster parent for seven years.

Her clinical work addresses depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive concerns, ADHD, parenting difficulties, relationship strains, grief, and other stress-related issues. Annette brings a respectfully warm and caring presence to therapy, intentionally creating emotional and physical space where clients can feel seen and begin to explore difficult material. Her trauma expertise informs a thoughtful approach to helping people process past harms while building practical strategies to manage symptoms and improve daily functioning.

Annette integrates trauma-focused cognitive behavioral methods with family-centered and solution-focused techniques, tailoring interventions to the needs of each person and family. She explains her role in straightforward terms and collaborates with clients to set realistic goals and steps toward change. She acknowledges the courage involved in reaching out for support and works to make the therapeutic process as accessible and respectful as possible.

Approaches to Care and What Online Therapy Offers

Annette commonly uses trauma-focused work and cognitive behavioral methods alongside a client-centered stance. Trauma-focused therapy helps people process and make sense of past harms, reducing the ways traumatic experiences interfere with daily life and relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and teaching practical skills to manage symptoms like anxiety, low mood, and panic. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship in which the therapist listens closely and supports the individual’s own goals for change.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Annette approaches that choice collaboratively. She works with prospective clients to assess needs, preferences, and goals, then adapts techniques so treatment fits each person and family rather than expecting clients to fit a single method.

Online therapy with Annette is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide scheduling flexibility and easier access for people with busy lives or caregiving responsibilities. These options make it possible to maintain continuity of care and engage in therapy from home or another convenient location while working with licensed professionals and therapists who tailor care to individual needs.