Annette Warner

Annette Warner is a licensed clinical social worker with a Minnesota LICSW and 22 years of experience. She draws on long-term work across schools, community settings, and foster care to support people facing strong emotional challenges. Annette often meets people who are overwhelmed by stress, anger, grief, mood changes, or the fallout from trauma and abuse.

She favors a warm, respectful style and aims to create a calm space where people can talk through what matters most. Annette uses clear, practical techniques alongside listening and reflection. Sessions often focus on making small, manageable changes and building coping skills that fit everyday life.

Her clinical work includes methods from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness, and she brings trauma-focused care into conversations when it’s needed. That means she pays attention to how past harms affect feelings, behavior, and relationships today. She also supports people with parenting concerns, ADHD, OCD, sleep problems, and a range of mood difficulties.

Annette has experience with adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, dissociation, intellectual disability, and related issues that can complicate stress and relationships. Her background includes work with people who have experienced severe and persistent mental health conditions and dual diagnosis.

People who choose her describe a steady, patient approach that combines practical tools with compassionate listening. To start, she asks about what’s most stressful now and what small steps would feel useful next.

How her approaches translate to online support

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and collaboration. It helps people find their own solutions by centering their goals, values, and experiences. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers practical strategies to shift unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus and sleep.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Annette will talk with each person about their needs and preferences and recommend methods that fit those goals. That process is collaborative and can change as progress is made or new issues appear.

Practical benefits of meeting remotely make it easier to fit sessions into daily life. Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking so you know what formats are available. Online work can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins on busy days, and make it easier to keep appointments around work or school commitments.