Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
How Anna works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Maine
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Anna
Anna McIver is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with ten years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, grief, and relationship challenges. She offers straightforward support for depression, mood disorders, addictions, trauma and abuse, and life transitions. Anna focuses on practical ways to cope so clients can move forward day by day.
She keeps sessions centered on each person's goals. Anna listens closely and helps clients name what matters most.
Background and approach
She combines clear skills practice with emotional understanding so people can try new ways of relating and reacting. Her work often involves examining attachment patterns and how they affect relationships. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and on dialectical behavior methods to build emotion regulation skills.
These tools are used in simple, step-by-step ways during sessions. Anna has supported people through infertility, pregnancy and postpartum challenges, and parenting strain. She also helps those coping with guilt, shame, body image concerns, and codependency.
Her background includes supporting people facing chronic illness and grief. Her style is warm and direct. She prioritizes emotional attunement and clear goals.
Sessions aim to feel hopeful while building skills that fit everyday life, whether the issue is intimacy, work stress, or managing strong emotions.
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Mood disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Anna lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Anna’s approaches work online
Anna blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral therapy to help people change patterns that cause distress. Client-centered work focuses on listening, building trust, and shaping goals together. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at thoughts and behaviors and teaches concrete steps to reduce anxiety, depression, or anger.She also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy when emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness are needed. DBT techniques include short skills practice and grounding methods that are useful for intense feelings and relationship conflicts. Together these approaches aim to teach tools that can be used between sessions as well as during them.
Finding the right mix of techniques is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with clients about goals and preferences and then try approaches that fit their situation. Adjustments are made over time so the work stays practical and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video works well for in-depth conversation and skills demonstration. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let clients share updates and practice skills between longer sessions. These options make it easier to work around work, child care, or travel while keeping therapy consistent.
Questions people ask about Anna
What kinds of concerns does Anna help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, anger, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, trauma and related concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her general approach in sessions?
She uses a client-centered style that blends cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior techniques with attachment-focused work. Sessions balance skill practice and emotional understanding.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Anna has ten years of experience as a psychotherapist working with a range of mood, grief, relationship, and life-change concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Maine and practices from that state.
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 accommodate different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled for sessions?
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?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing the short matching questionnaire, then schedule according to therapist availability.