Ann Woodford
Compassionate, skills-based therapy for real-life challenges
LISW Ohio
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Family, Parenting
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Gottman Method
- Languages
- English
About Ann
Ann Woodford is an Ohio-licensed clinical social worker with two decades of professional experience supporting people facing stress, anxiety, family conflict, parenting challenges, career transitions, depression, grief, and trauma.
Background and approach
She centers the client as the expert of their own story, building on existing strengths to help people move through difficult emotions and life changes. Ann emphasizes empowerment and partnership, offering steady support while clients take steps toward a more fulfilling life.
Her practice draws on evidence-informed methods, including cognitive behavioral techniques and trauma-focused approaches, and integrates relationship-focused strategies when appropriate. Ann works with a broad range of concerns such as anger, self-esteem, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and a number of family-related issues like adoption and foster care, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, and communication problems.
She aims to create practical, skills-based plans that fit each person’s goals and daily realities, helping clients develop coping strategies and clearer ways of relating to themselves and others.
Approaches that translate to online therapy
Ann uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and practice more effective skills; this approach often focuses on present-day problems and practical techniques for managing symptoms like anxiety and depression.She also integrates Trauma-Focused Therapy when past events continue to affect current functioning, using structured, gentle methods to process traumatic memories and reduce their impact on daily life. In some situations, relationship-focused work informed by the Gottman Method is incorporated to improve communication and problem-solving between partners.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist helps clients explore options and tailors methods to individual needs, goals, and preferences so the plan feels workable and relevant. This shared decision-making supports gradual steps toward change rather than imposing a single method.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules or manage care from different locations within Ohio. These formats provide flexibility for follow-up, skills practice, and shorter check-ins while preserving continuity of care with licensed professionals.
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Experience
20+ years
Licensed
Ohio
Languages
English