About Annie
Annie Mays is a licensed marriage and family therapist who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, and eating concerns. She writes simply and directly, and aims to make the first steps feel manageable.
Background and approach
Annie brings 20 years of practice to the work and focuses on creating a calm, warm space to talk through hard things. She listens closely to each person’s story and uses approaches that fit the problem at hand.
Sessions are collaborative - she learns what matters to the client and adapts her methods to suit goals and comfort levels. Annie often draws on narrative ideas and Internal Family Systems to untangle repeating patterns and self-judgment.
Her practice includes help for people dealing with body image, gender dysphoria, addictions, panic, and mood challenges. Annie also supports people working through family of origin issues, infidelity, divorce and separation, or exploring kink and alternative sex culture.
In session she balances warmth with honest challenge, pushing only as far as a person is ready to go. The first meeting is framed as an interview in both directions, so prospective clients can see how she works and whether it feels like a good match.
Annie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. She practices in Oregon and conducts sessions in English.
Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How Annie's Approaches Work Online
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional responses. Online sessions can help people recognize attachment patterns and try new ways of relating in everyday life. Narrative Therapy focuses on the stories people tell about themselves and their problems. In video or text work, this approach helps separate a person from a problem so they can rewrite parts of their life story.Finding the right fit is a collaborative process. Annie will talk with clients about their needs, goals, and preferences and then recommend which approach to try. She may blend methods and adjust over time so the work matches how a person responds and what changes they want to make.
Online therapy offers practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let clients send updates between sessions and fit care into busy days. These options make it simpler to maintain continuity and to choose the format that best supports progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Oregon
- Languages
- English