Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
How Anna works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LMHC, LPC
- Licensed in
- Washington, Oregon
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Anna
Anna Allred is a licensed counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, anger, and life changes. She meets each person where they are and focuses on practical steps that fit daily life. Her style is direct but warm, aimed at helping someone feel more in control and hopeful.
She uses several evidence-informed approaches to guide sessions, including client-centered work that centers each person's priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and build new habits.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers tools for emotion regulation and coping when feelings feel overwhelming. Anna holds credentials as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, and as a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC. She has practiced for 10 years in Washington and Oregon settings and brings that experience into each session.
Her background includes supporting people through trauma, bipolar mood challenges, grief, addiction, and compassion fatigue. Sessions focus on clear goals and real-world skills. Conversations are practical - spotting patterns, trying small changes, and reviewing what worked.
She helps people manage relationships, career stress, parenting strain, and challenges tied to chronic illness or caregiving. Anna aims to make the process straightforward and steady. She encourages people to try steps between sessions and adjusts the plan as needed.
The work is collaborative and paced to each person's needs.
What Anna works with
Everything Anna lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Anna's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Anna lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that translate to online care
Anna uses Client-Centered Therapy to focus sessions on what matters most to each person, offering nonjudgmental listening and support that helps people find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, is also part of her work and involves spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or improve mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, supplies clear tools for managing strong emotions and improving coping skills when stress or anger feels overwhelming.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Anna will talk with each person about goals, try out methods in early sessions, and adjust the plan based on what helps. That teamwork helps pinpoint which strategies fit a person’s life and priorities.
Online care is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people maintain face-to-face conversation when helpful. Phone can be used when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, skill reminders, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel.
Questions people ask about Anna
What concerns does Anna commonly address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, bipolar disorder, grief, addictions, self-esteem, career strain, and parenting-related stress among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Sessions are practical and person-focused. She blends client-centered listening with skills-based methods to help people try real changes between sessions.
What is her professional background?
Anna has 10 years of professional experience working in Washington and Oregon settings, supporting people through trauma, chronic illness, and caregiving challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LMHC which stands for Licensed Mental Health Counselor and LPC which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and she practices in Washington.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.