Ann DePoole

Ann DePoole is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, grief, and relationship and intimacy concerns. She draws on 14 years of clinical experience and a straightforward, compassionate style to support people through difficult life changes. Ann emphasizes building trust and openness so clients can talk honestly about what matters to them.

She returned to school in her 40s to follow a long-held goal of helping others, and she brings that commitment to each session. Ann works with mood disorders, co-occurring conditions, trauma, and substance use issues. She also supports people dealing with parenting stress, career strain, eating and body image concerns, and compassion fatigue.

Her clinical approach mixes practical skills and values-based work. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to notice and shift unhelpful thinking. Dialectical behavior therapy skills are offered to help with emotion regulation and distress tolerance. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps clients clarify what matters and take meaningful steps toward those values.

Ann also uses attachment-focused ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with a balance of teaching, reflection, and real-life practice. She aims to help each person leave with small, doable strategies they can try between meetings.

Ann holds LCSW credentials in Florida and Arizona and practices from Arizona. She offers services in English and does not work with clients outside the United States. If you want to begin, follow the site process to match and schedule a first session.

Approaches that guide online work

Ann uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as part of her approach. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values and take small steps toward a life that matters to them, which is useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on noticing thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and practicing new responses to reduce distress and improve functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Ann will listen to your goals and preferences and recommend techniques that fit your needs. She adapts strategies from these therapies so sessions stay practical and goal-oriented, and clients leave with concrete steps they can apply between meetings.

Specific session formats are not listed in her biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Many people find remote sessions help them maintain continuity of care during life changes while still working on the same behavioral and values-based goals they would in person.