Key details
- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, Wisconsin / 9380-123
- NPI1801397997
- Experience12 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationWisconsin
About
- EMDR methods
- DBT skills
- Client-centered care
About Anna
Anna Childs is a Wisconsin LCSW with 12 years of clinical experience. She works with adults, adolescents, and children age six and up. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, addiction, family conflict, trauma, depression, grief, anger, and related concerns.
She trained at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and has additional coursework from UW–Milwaukee and Fox Valley Technical College. Her background includes work in multiple settings over more than a decade. That experience informs how she responds to crises and ongoing struggles alike.
Her approach is trauma-informed and relational. She uses EMDR to address traumatic memories and has pursued EMDR training that includes developmentally appropriate methods for younger clients. She also uses expressive tools such as sandtray work when that helps a person process nonverbal material.
Anna integrates methods that focus on the nervous system and internal parts work. She draws on Internal Family Systems ideas and Polyvagal Theory to help people notice bodily responses and shift unhelpful patterns. She combines these with talk-based strategies so sessions can include grounding, skills practice, or focused memory processing.
Sessions may bring together somatic awareness, creative modalities, and solution-focused steps to address practical problems. She aims to help clients build clarity and resilience over time. To begin, readers are asked to confirm current session options before booking.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Anna uses EMDR to address traumatic memories and intense emotional reactions. EMDR involves guided attention to distressing memories while tracking sensations or movements and can help reduce the emotional charge tied to those memories. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness through practical exercises and skill practice.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. She will collaborate with each person to determine whether EMDR, DBT skills, client-centered conversation, or solution-focused steps fit best for the presenting concerns and goals. That decision is guided by what the client needs and prefers.
The biography does not list explicit session formats, so confirm the current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit meetings around work, caregiving, or school by removing travel time. They also allow for shorter check-ins when a quick skill review is helpful, and they can let the therapist and client use screen-shared materials or guided practices during the session. Overall, the focus is on making therapy practical and usable in everyday life while picking methods that match the client's situation.
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Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Wisconsin
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, depression, grief, anger, and related concerns such as parenting and relationship strain.
What approaches does she use in sessions?
Her practice is trauma-informed and relational. She uses EMDR, DBT skills, client-centered techniques, and solution-focused strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of experience working in a variety of settings with children, adolescents, and adults.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW licensed in Wisconsin and practices from that state.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does billing work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.