Free to Be Counseling

ANXIETY

Are you a high-achieving person who never feels good enough? Is it challenging to slow down and just be in the moment?

You may not be free of anxiety, yet you can learn to stop allowing your fear to keep you from living the life that you want.  We can work on skills to be okay with all of the emotions that are part of life, so you are free to be your full self.



PEOPLE-PLEASING

Do you feel like you have to live up to other people’s expectations of you? Do you want to reclaim your voice and your choices?  Do you always put the needs of others before your own needs?  

We can work together to find yourself again, to live by your values in a way that allows you to love yourself as you love others.  


About Anne

I look forward to working with you to move in a new direction, with more authenticity and intention. We will collaborate to find the right approach so you can make needed changes in your life. I use Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) as a foundation for my practice, but incorporate other modalities as benefit the client. We can explore existential questions, use mindfulness, or work on skills to help you regulate your body and engage in life in a more present, more meaningful way. We will address your concerns with the care they deserve, while allowing space for laughter, tears, weight, and levity.  

I became a counselor after 20 years as a Spanish teacher…proof that it’s never too late to change! I brought to that first career an appreciation for different cultures and identities realized growing up outside of Washington, D.C., and I carry that into my current life as a reader, traveler, advocate, and counselor.