Therapist profile
Anna Patterson, LMHC
Florida
Licensed Mental Health Counselor - Anger and Mood concerns
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- CredentialsLMHC
- LicenseLMHC, Florida / MH16833
- NPI1104480011
- Experience11 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationFlorida
About
- CBT techniques
- Attachment focus
- Motivational interviewing
About Anna
Anna Patterson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) licensed in Florida with 11 years of experience. She works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship and family concerns, anger, and life changes. She also helps people facing career struggles, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and issues around self-esteem and purpose.
Her sessions are straightforward and interactive. She listens, asks questions to clarify what matters most, and helps people notice patterns that keep problems repeating. Anna often uses practical tools from cognitive behavioral work to address thoughts and behaviors that feed frustration and mood problems.
Anna draws on attachment-based ideas to examine how past relationships affect current reactions. That can be useful when anger shows up in close relationships or when trust has been damaged. She also uses client-centered and psychodynamic ideas to understand feelings and motivations beneath the surface.
Her approach includes motivational interviewing to help people find reasons to change and make small, doable steps. She explains options, checks what feels right, and adjusts plans as people move forward. Sessions aim to be direct and respectful, not full of jargon.
Anna is based in Florida and works in English. If a person wants to explore whether she is a good fit, they can start by using the site’s matching steps and scheduling a first session to see how the style feels.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Anna often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to identify and shift thoughts and behaviors that fuel anger. CBT gives concrete exercises and short experiments that can be done between sessions to test what helps reduce reactivity.She also draws on attachment-based therapy to map how early relationship patterns influence present responses. That approach looks at how closeness, trust, and boundaries affect frustration and conflict in current relationships.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try strategies, and change course when something isn’t working. Clients and the therapist decide together which methods to prioritize based on symptoms and daily life demands.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid travel time. It can also let people use phone-only sessions when bandwidth is limited or do video sessions when seeing facial cues matters. Licensed professionals using these methods adapt tools so they work in whatever format is chosen.
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
Florida
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she address?
She helps people who snap at loved ones, build resentment, or feel overwhelmed by someone else’s anger. Work can include reducing reactivity and learning different responses.
How would she approach anger in sessions?
She uses a blend of methods such as cognitive behavioral work to change unhelpful thoughts, attachment-based ideas to track relationship patterns, and motivational interviewing to support change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 11 years of experience as a mental health professional working with mood, grief, trauma, and life transitions.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, FL LMHC, practicing in Florida.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Confirm current session options before booking.
How does cost work for sessions?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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