Anna Claybaugh

Anna Claybaugh is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW, LICSW) with ten years of clinical experience. Anna aims to help people find more connection and authenticity so daily life feels more joyful and manageable. She uses a warm, relaxed approach that helps clients feel welcomed and understood.

Anna often works with people who struggle to speak their needs or put themselves first. She supports people pleasers, highly sensitive people, caregivers, and those in healing professions. As a queer clinician, she also has a strong commitment to working with people in the LGBTQIA2S+ community.

In sessions Anna helps clients identify what blocks them, learn practical coping skills, and regain a sense of agency over their choices. She blends knowledge of brain science with several psychotherapeutic methods to shape treatment to each person’s needs. Her framework includes trauma-informed, decolonized, and compassion-centered perspectives.

Her style is direct but gentle, aiming to meet people where they are when they are thinking about change. Anna holds unconditional positive regard and focuses on helping clients reach the goals they set for themselves.

Anna’s background includes a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Gender Studies from Arizona State University and a Master of Social Work from New York University. She has training in multiple evidence-based therapies and offers care in English and Spanish. If major depression or suicidal ideation is present, she suggests seeking a provider more specifically suited to those needs.

Background and approach: Anna tailors each therapeutic plan to individual preferences and life circumstances. She uses approaches such as attachment-based work, cognitive behavioral techniques, EMDR, Jungian ideas, and client-centered methods where appropriate. Common concerns she addresses include stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger, relationship issues, intimacy-related struggles, parenting stress, compassion fatigue, and career concerns. Her practical focus is on building skills, shifting unhelpful patterns, and helping people make changes that fit their lives.

How Anna’s approaches translate to online care

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice how they connect, respond to others, and feel safe in relationships. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience and values listening, empathy, and supporting people as they discover their own answers. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Anna will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She aims to adapt techniques so they feel useful and workable in everyday life rather than forcing one fixed model.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people use tools like worksheets and in-session exercises that translate well to a remote setting. Licensed professionals can adjust pacing and methods to match how a person prefers to work, whether that means skill practice, trauma processing, or reflective exploration.