Anne Frauens, LCSW-C

Anne Frauens is a licensed clinical social worker who brings 24 years of experience to her counseling practice. She focuses on helping people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. People also turn to her for help with self-esteem and grief.

Her work often centers on practical steps clients can use day to day. She helps people talk through communication problems, manage feelings of isolation or jealousy, and adjust to life changes like divorce or caregiving roles. Chronic health challenges, cancer, and aging issues are also areas she addresses alongside pain, illness, and disability concerns.

Anne favors a compassionate, whole-person approach. Sessions look at both emotions and the life circumstances that shape them. She supports clients who want clearer boundaries, better communication, and more reliable ways to handle stress.

Across many years of practice she has worked with adults at different life stages, including those facing midlife transitions and women navigating workplace stress or major life shifts. Her goal is to help people find strengths they may have overlooked and build dependable coping skills.

Clients are guided toward realistic changes and steady progress. She encourages self-understanding and practical problem solving so people can feel more in control of their everyday lives.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Anne uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach helps people identify patterns in their thoughts and behaviors and then try small experiments to test new ways of responding; this can help with anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Another approach centers on improving communication skills and setting boundaries so people can handle relationship stress and codependency more effectively.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That means trying a method, checking how it feels, and adjusting the plan over time.

Confirm current session options before booking so you know the formats offered. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing appointments during work breaks or between errands. They also let people connect from different locations when in-person visits are difficult, and can make shorter check-ins or follow-up conversations simpler to schedule.