About Anna
Anna Bruno helps people navigate family stress, grief, anxiety, parenting strain, and life changes. She supports those coping with work pressure, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and questions about life purpose. Anna introduces practical steps and everyday tools so problems feel more manageable.
Anna earned a Master of Social Work with a mental health focus from the University of Illinois and holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential (LCSW). She has seven years of clinical experience and has worked closely with people who have developmental and intellectual disabilities, including autism and ADHD.
Background and approach
Her background includes internships at clinics serving autistic children and adults and leadership in a regional social work organization. In sessions she listens and helps clients set realistic goals. She breaks larger concerns into small, doable steps and checks in on progress.
Anna emphasizes each person’s strengths and helps them use those strengths to solve problems and build routine. Parents and caregivers will find practical coaching around parenting tasks, communication, and care-related stress. She also helps people facing chronic illness or disability to set priorities and manage daily demands.
Her approach is straightforward and focused on what clients want to change right now. Conversations with Anna are collaborative and down-to-earth. She acts as a sounding board and consultant while helping clients plan next steps.
People seeking concrete strategies and clear action often find this style useful.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Anna uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques focused on goals, skills, and problem solving. One common approach is goal-focused coaching that breaks larger challenges into clear, practical steps; this helps with parenting tasks, career moves, and life changes. Another frequent method emphasizes strengths-based work, which looks for existing skills and builds on them to manage stress, ADHD symptoms, and caregiving demands. These approaches are action-oriented and aim to create small, achievable shifts.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options with each person and choose methods that match a client’s goals, needs, and preferences. This is a collaborative process where adjustments are made based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people use visual cues for richer conversation. Phone sessions can fit into a short break or work better when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging are useful for frequent check-ins, brief coaching, or when someone prefers written communication. These options make it easier to schedule consistent support and stay on track between meetings.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
Also works with
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Hearing impaired
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English