Annie Bennett

Annie Bennett is an Ohio Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) with 25 years of practice. She brings a practical, down-to-earth approach to therapy and focuses on helping people move from stuck to making forward choices. Her style is collaborative and warm, with a focus on real change rather than labels or jargon.

Bennett has extensive experience in addiction work, especially with women, and has spent decades addressing the overlapping challenges of mental health and partner or family stress. Her background includes work in long-term residential treatment where mothers could keep young children with them. That hands-on history shapes how she thinks about recovery and daily life demands.

Her sessions blend cognitive behavioral ideas with humanistic and solution-focused practices. She aims to meet people where they are and help them set achievable steps toward what matters to them. Bennett often frames change as practical work that includes setbacks and steady effort.

She also helps people dealing with grief, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, and issues around intimacy and body image. Additional focus areas include caregiving stress, divorce and separation, domestic violence, and communication problems.

Bennett works part time and typically responds within a few days. Online sessions are 45 minutes long and how often they meet is decided together based on progress. To begin, a short matching questionnaire and scheduling step are used to connect with her.

How trauma-informed and practical therapies work online

Trauma-Focused Therapy aims to help people process painful experiences and reduce their ongoing impact. It often includes focused conversations and skills that target how past events affect current feelings and relationships.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes where avoidance has become a problem.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early bonds shape expectations today. It helps people improve communication, emotional connection, and how they seek support from others.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will work with each client to decide which methods fit their goals, preferences, and pace. That collaborative decision can change over time as progress is made and needs shift.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, reduce travel time, and allow a consistent 45-minute check-in that can be scheduled around work, caregiving, or school. Confirm the exact session formats available before booking so arrangements match your needs. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, attachment work, and trauma-focused techniques to an online setting while focusing on practical skills and step-by-step progress.