Anna Carpenter, LICSW

Anna Carpenter is a trauma-informed, relational therapist who believes healing grows from connection, compassion, and the experience of being truly seen. She holds a LICSW - a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker - and brings six years of clinical practice to sessions with people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or not themselves. She works with caregivers and parents, veterans, and helping professionals - individuals who often carry a great deal for others and may find it difficult to care for themselves.

Many who seek her support are navigating stress, burnout, trauma, anxiety, or major life changes. In collaboration with each person, she explores the patterns that shape everyday experience and creates space for growth, clarity, and recovery. Her style is grounded in warmth, curiosity, and respect, and she views therapy as a shared process where a person can bring their whole self without judgment.

Anna supports clients in building insight, resilience, and meaningful change. Her specialties include trauma and PTSD, stress and burnout, compassion fatigue, anxiety, life transitions, parenting and caregiver support, helping professionals, teen and adolescent concerns, veteran and military transition support, and resilience building. She works with teens and young adults, parents and caregivers, veterans and military-connected individuals, helping professionals, people experiencing burnout or vicarious trauma, and those navigating loss or major life changes. Beginning this work can feel overwhelming, and choosing to reach out is a courageous step; she is ready to support people when they are prepared to begin.

Approaches That Inform Online Care

Anna Carpenter draws from several evidence-informed approaches to tailor online therapy to each person's needs. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and support so a person feels understood; this approach helps with building self-awareness, processing emotions, and strengthening the therapeutic relationship. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors; it can be useful for managing anxiety, stress, and mood challenges by teaching practical coping skills. Mindfulness Therapy incorporates attention to present-moment experience and gentle awareness of thoughts and sensations; it supports stress reduction, emotional regulation, and a calmer response to difficult situations.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Anna works collaboratively with each person to explore which methods fit their goals, preferences, and daily life, adjusting techniques over time to support progress and sustainable change. The aim is to create a plan that feels practical and meaningful.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility that can make it easier to engage in consistent work. Through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, people can connect with licensed professionals from home or other convenient locations. These options support scheduling around caregiving, work, or medical needs, and allow therapists to meet clients where they are while maintaining a focus on effective care.