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Anna Ward Martin

Caring, skills-based counseling for everyday life

LPC Georgia

Experience
12 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Addictions, Relationship
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English

About Anna

Anna Ward Martin is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Georgia who centers her work on evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques alongside client-centered and mindfulness-based perspectives.

Background and approach

She draws on 12 years of clinical experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, mood and panic concerns, as well as struggles with addiction, depression, and relationship or family challenges. Her approach emphasizes identifying each person’s strengths and building practical skills for emotional regulation and healthier patterns.

Anna blends goal-focused strategies with a respectful, collaborative stance that honors clients’ values and lived experience. She also weaves narrative ideas to help clients reframe their stories and practices from dialectical and mindfulness traditions to support self-awareness, forgiveness, and self-compassion.

Anna offers sessions by phone and video and invites prospective clients to begin by completing a brief matching questionnaire to determine fit and availability.

Online Approaches That Build Skills and Insight

Anna integrates cognitive behavioral strategies and client-centered perspectives to help clients notice unhelpful thoughts, experiment with new behaviors, and move toward clearer goals. CBT techniques are practical and structured, often used for anxiety, panic, mood concerns, and problematic patterns related to stress and addiction. Client-centered work complements this by prioritizing the person’s own goals and fostering acceptance, self-compassion, and problem exploration in a collaborative manner.

She also draws from dialectical behavior ideas to teach emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness when those skills are needed. The therapist treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process, listening to each person’s history, preferences, and aims and then adapting methods over time so therapy aligns with what the client finds most helpful.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering practical flexibility for people balancing work, family, or other commitments. These formats make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to practice techniques between sessions while meeting from locations that work best for the client.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does this therapist commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and family difficulties, and depression, along with related issues such as communication problems, control issues, guilt and shame, and life purpose.
What therapeutic approaches are used in sessions?
Sessions draw from client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical and mindfulness-based practices, narrative ideas, and solution-focused strategies tailored to each person’s needs.
How much clinical experience does the practitioner have?
She has 12 years of clinical experience working with a range of mood, anxiety, and behavioral concerns.
What are the therapist's credentials and location?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Georgia with licence number GA LPC LPC009645.
Are services available in other languages or to international clients?
Services are provided in English only, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are offered for therapy?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging; note that she prefers phone and video sessions.
How is cost and payment structured?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsDepression

Additional focus areas

Communication problemsControl issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameLife purposeMood disordersPanic disorder and panic attacksSelf-love

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Mindfulness TherapyNarrative TherapySolution-Focused Therapy

Experience

12+ years

Licensed

Georgia

Languages

English