Anne Douglas, LMFT

Anne Douglas is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 25 years of experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, grief, addictions, intimacy issues, and career or life changes. She works with people facing mood disorders, parenting strain, compassion fatigue, and other complex challenges. She practices in North Carolina and conducts therapy in English.

Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions focus on what is happening now and practical steps people can try between meetings. She uses attachment-based ideas to clarify relationship patterns and cognitive-behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Emotionally-focused work is used for reconnecting in relationships, and Jungian and narrative elements help people make meaning from their life story.

Anne trained at Northwestern University and The Family Institute at Northwestern University, and she completed studies at The Institute for Psychoanalysis in Chicago. She served on faculty at Lake Forest College and has been a Clinical Fellow at the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy for over 20 years. That background informs a mix of family systems, developmental, and depth-oriented perspectives.

In sessions she aims to teach people skills for self-advocacy and practical survival strategies after relationship endings. She offers live camera sessions, live phone sessions, and email chat sessions, plus ongoing email communication, and encourages clients to choose what fits their life.

People often begin feeling better when they are heard. Her goal is to work together to help people move to the next place in their lives and build clearer steps toward that change.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past and present relationships shape current feelings and actions. It helps people understand patterns that show up in close relationships and guides steps to feel more connected and secure. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. It is often used for anxiety, depression, and changing routines that get in the way of daily functioning. Emotionally-Focused Therapy centers on emotions in relationships and aims to help people express and respond to feelings more clearly to rebuild trust and closeness.

Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. She may combine methods and adjust them over time so work fits the person’s needs and life situation.

Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy days. They reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and can make scheduling across work or family commitments simpler. This therapist offers live camera sessions, live phone sessions, and email chat sessions plus ongoing email communication; confirm current session options before booking. The focus is on practical ways to bring therapy into everyday life and on matching the approach to what the client wants to change.