Anna Claybaugh , LCSW, LICSW

Background

Anna Claybaugh, LCSW, based in Washington.

Anna earned two B.A.'s, in Psychology & Gender Studies, from Arizona State University, earned her Masters of Social Work from New York University, and holds certification in the Collaborative Problem Solving from Think:Kids based at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA.

Specialties

Anna's practice areas include stress and anxiety, LGBT, relationship issues, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue.

Anna works with people who have a hard time speaking their needs, putting themselves on the list and knowing that they are worthy of all the abundance life can offer, including people pleasers, highly sensitive people, those in healing professions, those with critical self talk, and caregivers.

Methods

Anna's practice integrates Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Jungian Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Narrative Therapy.

Anna uses a decolonized, trauma informed, and compassion-centered framework.

Style and philosophy

Anna describes taking a direct approach to healing and enjoying meeting her clients where they're at in any place of considering change.

Anna describes having a warm, endearing, relaxed and inviting style to therapy that makes therapy feel welcoming, supportive and without judgment.

Anna aims to help you find more connection and authenticity in your life, and thus, more joy & wellness.