Anna McConnell (she/her)

MSW, MPH, LICSW
Accepting Clients

I view therapy as a means of connection and an opportunity to explore growth and healing through relating.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Eastsound, WA

Services
  • Individual

About My Clients

I have worked with people experiencing a range of challenges, and my non-judgmental nature resonates especially well with folks impacted by individual and collective trauma, encountering a significant life transition, or living with anxious/depressive feelings and thought patterns.

My Background and Approach

My approach is responsive to the individual, person-centered, and does not exclusively utilize any single methodology. Informed by my years of experience working across and within complex systems, I pull from a range of therapeutic strategies to support perspective exploration and more solution-oriented intentions. In process together, we will explore impacts and understandings of past narratives, meaningful relationships, current events, emotional/behavioral awareness, overall mental wellness, and ways to integrate insights into change and transformation. At the center of my work is co-creating an individualized trauma-informed care approach. I recognize that feeling safe is a definition and process unique to each person and a necessary part of engaging in supportive relationships, including the therapeutic one. I bring a genuine curiosity to that development so that we can explore your goals.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

While I believe therapy can be an effective tool for personal growth and a needed space for connection, witness, and accountability, I also know that so much of internal hurt that people bring into therapy is fed by systemic injustice and oppression. As such, it is foundational to my approach to honor the interplay between the individual and the broader landscape.   I direct imagination and energy toward collective liberation -- as one part of that, I see questioning the narratives brought on by oppressive systems and normative scripts essential to self-compassion, relationship building, and larger scale change. I am a queer, polyamorous,  neurodivergent Gemini and am well versed in holding multiple truths in liminal spaces as a means to sit with a full human complexity.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Relational Therapy Trauma Therapy
Other Techniques
  • Attachment Theory
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Existential Therapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Anxiety Burnout Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Other Issues
  • Abuse
  • ADHD Therapists
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Body Image Issues
  • Depression
  • Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence
  • Grief or Loss
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Polyamorous and Open Relationships
  • Self-Esteem
  • Sexual Abuse or Assault
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Women's Issues

At A Glance

  • Experience: 13 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $150 - 150/session

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