Anna Childs, LCSW

Based in Wisconsin 12 years in practice Online sessions

Compassionate support for strong emotions

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How Anna works

Practical facts

Credentials: LCSW
Licensed in: Wisconsin
Years in practice: 12
Languages: English
Session format: Online, through our partner platform

About Anna

Anna Childs is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, anger, and relationship or parenting struggles. She speaks plainly and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Her style aims to make difficult topics easier to talk about and to help people feel more steady day to day.

Anna brings 12 years of experience working across different settings in Wisconsin. She uses approaches that keep the person at the center of the work and that address both emotional and body-based reactions.

Background and approach

Sessions often include talk therapy, skill practice, and ways to manage strong feelings in the moment. She has worked with trauma, prolonged stress, grief, and co-occurring concerns like sleep and eating issues. Anna pays attention to how past attachment and abandonment experiences can shape current struggles.

She also supports people dealing with caregiving stress, chronic illness, and shifts in family life. When trauma is part of the story, Anna uses trauma-focused methods alongside stabilizing strategies. She integrates techniques to help regulate the nervous system and reduce overwhelm.

The work can include creative or body-oriented options when those fit the person’s needs. Her approach is collaborative and paced to the individual. Anna aims to help people build useful coping skills, clarify goals, and feel more capable handling life changes.

She focuses on small, steady steps toward better day-to-day functioning.

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.

Approaches Anna lists

Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.

Therapeutic approaches that translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters most to the person. It helps people build goals and make changes at a pace that feels manageable. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches specific skills for handling strong emotions, improving relationships, and tolerating distress in the moment. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that can help reduce the intensity of traumatic memories and related symptoms.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with the person about their history, current struggles, and what they hope to change. Together they decide which tools to try first and adjust the plan over time based on what works and what feels safe.

Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let therapists and clients work face to face from different locations. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or work better when video is not needed. Live chat and text-based messaging make it possible to check in between sessions or use shorter, focused exchanges for coaching and skill practice. These options make it easier to schedule care and to keep momentum between meetings.

Questions people ask about Anna

What concerns does Anna commonly address?

She works with stress, anxiety, addiction, anger, relationship and parenting issues, grief, trauma, sleep and eating concerns, ADHD, and related problems.

What is her therapy style like?

Her work is person-centered and trauma-informed, blending talk therapy with skills practice and somatic or creative techniques when helpful.

How much experience does she have?

She has 12 years of clinical experience supporting people in a variety of settings across Wisconsin.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is a LCSW licensed in Wisconsin and practices with clients in that state.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How does cost and billing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.