Anchanese Levison , LPC

Anchanese Levison is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, relationship and women's issues. She speaks plainly and aims to make therapy feel manageable for someone overwhelmed by day-to-day problems. Her approach centers on listening first and then helping clients decide what matters most to them.

Levison earned a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology with a specialization in mental and behavioral health after completing a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology. She has worked in psychiatric residential treatment settings, college counseling programs, and community treatment centers. Those roles exposed her to many backgrounds and life circumstances.

In sessions she uses client-centered methods to keep the conversation focused on the person in front of her. She also draws on mindfulness practices and skills from dialectical behavior therapy to help with emotional regulation and stress. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques are used to set concrete goals and track small changes.

Her work addresses a wide range of concerns including depression, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, ADHD, and addiction-related problems. She also helps people navigate blended family challenges, caregiver stress, commitment or communication problems, and financial or career worries.

People who prefer clear, practical steps tend to do well with her style. Levison encourages small, steady changes and helps people build routines that fit their lives. She aims to make therapy feel doable, even when starting feels hard.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client's lead. Online sessions using this approach let the therapist reflect concerns and priorities so work stays relevant to real life and personal goals.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, brings concrete skills for handling intense emotions and improving interpersonal effectiveness. In remote sessions these skills are taught, practiced, and adapted to daily routines to reduce reactivity and increase steady coping.

Mindfulness Therapy trains simple attention and grounding practices to lower stress and improve focus. These practices can be guided over video or audio and fitted into short daily check-ins.

Choosing the right mix of approaches is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and the problems they want to solve, then try approaches that match those needs. Progress is reviewed and methods are adjusted together as work continues.

Online therapy offers flexibility across formats. Video calls let visual cues guide conversations, phone sessions work when internet bandwidth is limited, live chat provides a short check-in option, and text-based messaging allows ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while keeping the focus on useful skills and steady change.