About Ann
Ann Marburger is a New York licensed clinical social worker who supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strains, family conflict, grief, and major life changes. She has nine years of professional experience and focuses on meeting each person where they are. Ann emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in sessions and encourages clients who are nervous about starting therapy.
She works with people who are dealing with difficult transitions, loss, and ongoing worry.
Background and approach
Conversations are shaped to reflect each person’s situation, and treatment plans are adjusted to match current needs. Sessions cover practical coping skills, ways to manage strong emotions, and steps toward resolving recurring problems. Ann also gives attention to issues around body image, chronic pain or illness, fertility concerns, and the effects of family of origin patterns.
She can help people process infidelity, separation, and recovery after domestic violence. First responder stress, guilt, and shame are within her areas of focus as well. Her approach is collaborative; she tailors dialogue and goals based on what a client brings to a session.
That can mean short-term work on specific problems or longer conversations about patterns that repeat across relationships. The plan changes as progress is made. Sessions are offered in English and conducted from New York.
Ann frames therapy as a step toward clearer thinking and improved day-to-day functioning. She encourages anyone taking that first step to acknowledge their courage and reach out when they are ready.
How therapeutic approaches meet online care
Ann uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional processing. One common approach helps people learn concrete coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing strategies, grounding exercises, and step-by-step plans to manage worry. This is useful for day-to-day overwhelm and when symptoms interfere with routine tasks.Another approach focuses on processing grief and painful life events by creating space to tell the story and work through the emotions that follow loss or separation. That kind of work often includes building routines and small goals to reengage in meaningful activities.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each person to choose techniques that fit their goals, needs, and comfort with different formats. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit practical needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when movement is needed, and messaging or live chat can work for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or mobility challenges.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Post-traumatic stress
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English