About Ann
Ann Legierski is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people handle stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship struggles, and grief. She uses a compassionate, straightforward approach that aims to make therapy clear and doable for busy families and individuals. Ann draws on 13 years of practice to shape treatment plans to each person's goals.
She listens first, then suggests practical steps and skills people can use between sessions. Her style is calm and direct, with attention to emotional experience and everyday behavior.
Background and approach
In sessions she blends client-centered listening with concrete tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and emotion-focused work. That means she will help clients notice thinking patterns, try small behavior changes, and practice new ways to connect with others. She also uses attachment ideas to look at how early relationships affect current ones.
Ann meets people where they are and focuses on what matters now. She explains ideas in simple terms and offers actionable exercises. Many people come for help with anxiety, mood shifts, impulse control, or relationship conflict, and leave with clearer routines and coping skills.
Her work is collaborative. Ann will help set realistic goals and adjust plans as needs change. She aims to make therapy feel like a partnership, with honest feedback and steady support.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns of connection and how early relationships shape current ones. Online sessions can help people notice those patterns, process emotions, and practice new ways of relating with partners or family members. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the link between thoughts, emotions, and behavior. In teletherapy she can teach concrete techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking and build small, manageable behavior changes that clients can try between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and lifestyle. That means discussing options, trying strategies, and adjusting course together until a good match is found.
Online formats bring practical benefits. Video calls let people read facial cues and practice new relational skills. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and work well for shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging offer ongoing support between appointments and allow quick skills coaching when needed. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving schedules.
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What this therapist works with
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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
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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