About Annie
Annie (Anne) Cummings is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience. She practices in Florida and brings a calm, open manner to sessions. Many people come to her for help with anxiety, depression, stress, addictions, grief, and relationship problems.
Anne trained at Fordham University where she earned a Master of Social Work. Her early work included placements at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center on a dual diagnosis unit and at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in New York.
Background and approach
Over time she also built experience supporting older adults and people facing chronic illness and caregiving strain. Her style is warm and client-centered. She aims to make people feel comfortable enough to speak honestly about painful issues.
Sessions focus on practical steps that match each person’s needs rather than a one-size-fits-all plan. Anne uses tools from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy. She adapts techniques to help with mood, stress, coping with change, and substance concerns.
Mindfulness and skills-building are often part of the work. People who prefer a steady, accepting presence and clear strategies often find her approach helpful. She supports clients working through grief, parenting strain, intimacy and self-esteem concerns, ADHD, burnout, and life transitions.
The goal is clearer choices and better daily functioning.
Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings. It can be useful for chronic worry, low mood, and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, depression, sleeping, and coping with stress. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a supportive, nonjudgmental relationship where the therapist reflects and listens so the person can find their own solutions.Finding the right mix is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to decide which approaches fit their goals and preferences. That process may include trying different techniques and adjusting plans as progress is reviewed.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer sessions, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed, and live chat or text messaging supports brief updates and ongoing reflection between appointments. These formats can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work consistently from different locations.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English