About Anna
Anna Dow is a licensed marriage and family therapist working in California. She aims to create a welcoming space for people across sexual and relationship orientations.
Background and approach
Her approach is practical and down-to-earth, with attention to what the person in front of her actually needs. She tailors sessions to each person's personality and goals.
She draws on mindfulness practices, expressive arts, and parts work to help people notice patterns and try new responses. Cognitive and behavioral tools are used to address thinking and habit patterns that keep stress and anxiety high.
Her background includes clinical work in psychiatric and inpatient residential settings. That experience informed how she supports people facing a wide range of mental health challenges.
She has seven years of clinical experience and holds a California Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist credential (LMFT). Anna pays particular attention to concerns around neurodivergence, non-monogamy, and LGBTQ+ issues.
She helps people navigate relationship and intimacy-related problems, ADHD, and the isolation that often comes with complex identities or life transitions. Sessions often include practical skill-building for communication, emotion regulation, and strengthening connections with supportive people.
She also uses somatic techniques to help with stress that shows up in the body. Her work is collaborative and focused on small, doable steps toward greater ease and clearer direction.
Approaches that fit relationships and identity online
Anna often uses mindfulness-based practices to help people notice thoughts and bodily sensations without getting swept away by them; this can ease anxiety and improve focus. She also incorporates parts work to map inner experiences - identifying different parts of oneself can clarify why people react the way they do and open new choices. When helpful, she brings in cognitive-behavioral strategies to challenge unhelpful thinking and build small behavior changes that reduce stress.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods that fit their style, and adjust the plan as progress unfolds. Clients take part in deciding which tools to keep or change so work feels useful and relevant.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions support face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat and messaging are helpful for shorter check-ins, processing between sessions, or when writing feels more comfortable than speaking. These formats make it easier to connect across schedules and locations while keeping therapy accessible and flexible.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English