Anna Dow , LMFT

Anna Dow is a licensed marriage and family therapist who focuses on women's issues and related concerns. She aims to make therapy approachable and practical for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, relationship strain, or questions about identity and intimacy.

She emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental space where conversations start with what matters most to the client. Anna is queer and non-monogamous and intentionally creates an accepting environment for diverse sexual and relationship orientations. She works with people who are navigating LGBT concerns, ADHD, and intimacy-related issues.

Anna has seven years of clinical experience and has worked in hospital and inpatient residential settings. That background gave her experience with a wide range of mental health challenges and a practical sense of how to support people through crises and ongoing struggles.

Her approach is tailored to each person. She blends mindfulness, expressive arts, parts work, dialectical and cognitive-behavioral strategies, and body-focused techniques to match a client’s needs and personality. Sessions can include skills practice, reflective exercises, or creative methods depending on what helps someone move forward.

She also helps people think about strengthening their social supports and community connections. Anna believes building stronger ties can ease anxiety, depression, isolation, and shame and aims to help people find realistic ways to connect and cope.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Anna often draws on mindfulness practice to help people notice their thoughts and bodily reactions without getting swept up in them; this can reduce anxiety and make stressful moments easier to manage. She also uses parts work, which helps name and understand different internal voices or impulses so clients can respond to themselves with more clarity and calm. When helpful, cognitive-behavioral strategies are used to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try small experiments to change day-to-day responses.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist and client will talk about goals, preferences, and what feels most comfortable, and then try methods that fit the person's needs. Adjustments happen along the way based on what is actually helpful.

Online therapy with Anna uses video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text messaging to provide flexible care. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and chat or text can be useful for ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and varying comfort levels.