- Client-centered approach
- Attachment-focused care
- Skills-based methods
About Anna
Anna McIver is an LCSW with ten years of experience as a psychotherapist. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, depression, addiction, trauma, and codependency. Her manner is warm and compassionate and she focuses on listening first so people feel heard.
She uses a client-centered style that starts with what matters most to each person. That means talking through immediate concerns and setting practical goals together. Anna blends cognitive behavioral ideas with dialectical behavior strategies and attachment-focused work to address patterns that keep people stuck.
Sessions emphasize emotional attunement and building trust. She works alongside clients to identify needs and to practice small changes that can make daily life easier. Expect straightforward conversations, skill-building, and attention to how relationships shape mood and behavior.
Her background includes substantial work with mood disorders, grief and loss, chronic illness, parenting struggles, fertility concerns, and people trying to conceive. This experience informs how she supports coping through life transitions and medical challenges.
Anna practices in Maine as a licensed clinical social worker. She offers a hopeful, practical approach and aims to create a space where people can name what they need and take steady steps toward it.
How attachment and skills work online
Anna brings attachment-based work and client-centered care into sessions to help people understand relationship patterns and feel more connected. Attachment-based therapy focuses on how early and current relationships shape expectations and reactions; it can help with intimacy, codependency, and trust issues. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience and priorities, so conversations start with what matters most and move at the client's pace.Anna also uses elements of cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior approaches to teach practical tools for mood and stress. Cognitive behavioral techniques look at how thoughts influence feelings and behaviors and help people try different responses. Dialectical behavior ideas add concrete skills for regulating emotion and managing strong reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. That may mean trying skill practice one week and focusing on relationship patterns the next.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - it can reduce travel time, allow quicker check-ins during a workday, and make it easier to continue care through life changes. Ask about available session formats when you schedule to see what will work best for you.
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Experience
10+ years
Credentials
Maine
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Anna support?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and family strain, grief, depression, addictions, trauma, codependency, and related concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and client-centered, with attention to emotional attunement and practical skill building to manage feelings and behaviors.
What kind of clinical background does she have?
She has ten years of experience working as a psychotherapist with individuals, couples, and families and has focused on mood disorders, grief, chronic illness, and fertility-related struggles.
What credentials and location are on record?
She holds an LCSW, listed as ME LCSW, and she practices in Maine.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Are international clients served?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, then schedule according to therapist availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.