Profile / United States
Anne Douglas, LMFT
North Carolina
LMFT - Relationships and Mood Concerns
See online therapy options- CBT and attachment approaches
- Life transitions and grief
- Phone camera and chat
About Anne
Anne Douglas is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 25 years of clinical experience based in North Carolina. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar disorder, parenting challenges, and career issues. She also supports people dealing with eating and sleeping problems, intimacy concerns, and compassion fatigue.
Douglas trained at Northwestern University and The Family Institute at Northwestern University, and completed additional study at The Institute for Psychoanalysis in Chicago. Early in her career she lectured to large undergraduate classes and later taught and supervised students at the college level. She has been a Clinical Fellow at the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy for over 20 years.
Her practice uses several methods that emphasize patterns in thinking, feeling, and relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is one of the approaches she uses to notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. She also draws on attachment-based and client-centered ideas to look at relationship dynamics and how they affect behavior.
Anne has provided individual, couple, and family work across a wide range of problem areas including trauma resolution, life transitions, and family-of-origin concerns. She also offers life coaching and guidance around parenting issues. Her work includes practical strategies for relationship endings and reconciliation when appropriate.
She offers live camera sessions, live phone sessions, and email chat sessions, together with ongoing email communication. Prospective clients are asked to confirm current session options before booking and to follow the site process to begin.
How her approaches translate to online work
Anne Douglas uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test small behavior changes. CBT is practical and suited to issues such as anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and coping with life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to track how relationship patterns formed early affect current interactions and emotional responses, which can help with intimacy, grief, and family conflict. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and supporting the client's own goals rather than directing them, useful for people who want reflective space and clearer decision making.Finding the right approach is collaborative. She will work with the client to decide which methods fit the person's goals, preferences, and the specific problem they brought to sessions. That selection can change over time as progress is made and needs shift.
The biography lists live camera sessions, live phone sessions, and email chat sessions alongside ongoing email communication. If session formats are important, confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, and reduce travel time so regular work on goals is more practical.
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Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Virginia
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, depression, bipolar disorder, and related concerns.
How does she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends practical work on thoughts and behaviors with attention to relationship patterns and life history. Sessions include skills-based work alongside relationship-focused discussion.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 25 years of experience in clinical practice, teaching, and supervision, including long involvement with family therapy organizations.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) licensed in Michigan and North Carolina and practices from North Carolina.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with international clients?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions arranged and what does cost look like?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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