- Years in practice
- 22
- Credentials
- LICSW
- Licensed in
- Minnesota
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Annette
Annette Warner is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with more than 22 years of experience. She draws on long-term work with people facing trauma, mood disorders, and parenting challenges. Annette focuses on creating a calm, respectful space where people can say what’s hard and begin to make changes.
She has a strong background in trauma care and has supported people who face complicated mental health issues. That experience shaped a practical style that combines thoughtful listening with clear strategies for day-to-day life.
Background and approach
She helps people manage anxiety, depression, anger, and sleep difficulties, and she offers support around parenting concerns and family problems. Annette uses straightforward methods that people can try between sessions. She often blends client-centered conversation with cognitive approaches and mindfulness tools.
The result is a mix of problem-solving, emotion coping skills, and grounding practices to reduce overwhelm and improve routine functioning. Sessions can include short exercises, gentle skill-building, and focused talk about what is getting in the way right now. Annette pays attention to how past experiences affect present reactions and works with each person to set realistic goals.
She encourages small steps that fit daily life. People come to Annette for help with grief, trauma and abuse, ADHD, obsessive thoughts, panic, and relationship stress. She practices in Minnesota and conducts sessions in English.
Her background includes long-term clinical work and roles supporting people involved in foster care and adoption contexts.
What Annette works with
Everything Annette lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Annette helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Dissociation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
Approaches Annette lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that shape online sessions
Annette commonly draws on client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy during online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening carefully and following what matters most to the person, which helps build trust and clarity about goals. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, obsessive thinking, panic, and mood symptoms.Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Annette will collaborate with each person to figure out what fits their goals and daily life. Together they review what helps, try techniques in real time, and adjust the plan as needs change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper conversations and teaching breathing or grounding exercises. Phone sessions are a good option when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits better into a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for quick coping reminders, check-ins between sessions, and flexible scheduling. These options make it easier to use therapy tools during everyday routines.
Questions people ask about Annette
What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD, grief, sleep problems, anger, and relationship or family difficulties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
The style is warm and respectful with a focus on practical skills. Sessions mix client-centered conversation with cognitive and mindfulness exercises aimed at coping and behavior change.
How much experience does she have?
She brings 22 years of professional experience working in clinical settings and with people affected by trauma and complex mental health needs.
Where does she practice and what credential does she hold?
She practices in Minnesota and holds a LICSW, listed as MN LICSW.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I work with her from outside the United States?
International clients are not currently accepted; sessions are provided to people located within the accepted region.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different scheduling and communication needs.
How are costs and starting therapy handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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