- Client-centered care
- Skills-focused methods
- Maine based clinician
About Anna
Anna McIver is an LCSW with ten years of clinical experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma. She also supports those dealing with relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, bipolar mood concerns, and the strain of life transitions. Her style is warm and compassionate, and she focuses on listening carefully to each person’s needs.
Anna uses a client-centered approach that puts the person’s priorities first. She blends this with practical methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and skills-oriented ideas from dialectical behavior therapy. Sessions concentrate on identifying what matters most and building steps that fit daily life.
She pays attention to attachment patterns and how early connections shape current relationships. That helps when working through codependency, commitment questions, body image struggles, or patterns of emotional reactivity. Anna also brings experience supporting people through fertility challenges, pregnancy and postpartum mood changes, and caregiving or compassion fatigue.
Her sessions emphasize emotional attunement and clear goals. She aims to create a hopeful, nonjudgmental space where clients can name what they want to change and try new ways of coping. Anna encourages small, achievable shifts that add up over time.
Anna practices in Maine and conducts therapy in English. She frames the work as collaborative and practical, helping people build skills and insight while honoring their individual pace and values.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Anna frequently uses client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening closely and following what matters most to each person. This approach helps clients set their own goals and move at their own pace, whether they want to work on relationships, mood, or coping skills.She also draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical exercises to shift unhelpful patterns. That approach is useful for anxiety, depression, social phobia, and many everyday struggles.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will work with the client to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That collaborative process helps shape session focus and homework in a way the client can use between meetings.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats offered before booking. The main practical benefits are convenience and fitting therapy into a busy life. Online work can make it easier to schedule sessions around work or family, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals adapt exercises, skills practice, and goal work to the online setting so progress can continue even when in-person meetings are not possible.
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Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Maine
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does this therapist address?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, bipolar mood concerns, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and compassionate with a client-centered focus. She listens closely and works collaboratively to set goals and practical steps.
What experience does she bring?
She has ten years of experience as a psychotherapist working with mood disorders, grief, chronic illness-related stress, parenting struggles, and fertility-related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds an LCSW credential and practices in Maine.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the biography.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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