Anna Ward Martin, LPC

Anna Ward Martin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, addictions, relationships, family concerns, and depression. Her approach centers on helping people recognize strengths and use them to move toward clearer goals and better emotional balance.

She draws on client-centered methods that keep the person’s goals in view. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills offer tools for emotion regulation and coping during intense moments.

Sessions often include practical skill-building, concrete communication strategies, and goal-focused steps people can use between meetings. Work can address communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, forgiveness, life purpose, mood disorders, panic attacks, and self-love. The emphasis is on useful tools and steady progress rather than jargon.

Anna prefers phone and video sessions rather than chat formats. She supports clients in setting tangible goals and tracking small changes over time. The process is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs.

Clients start by completing a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on the therapist’s availability. Subscription billing is used and can be canceled at any time.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy emphasizes the person’s priorities and choices. In online sessions this means conversations focus on what is most important to the client and build on their existing strengths. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and tries practical behavior changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for managing intense emotions and improving coping during stressful moments.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your needs. Sessions often mix approaches and adjust over time so the work matches how you respond and what you want to change.

The biography notes phone and video sessions and that chat is not used, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make sessions easier to fit into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also offers ways to practice skills between meetings, review materials together on a call, and keep progress moving forward while balancing everyday responsibilities.