Dr. Ana-Rocío Escobar-Chew, LMFT

Dr. Ana-Rocío Escobar-Chew offers a calm, strengths-based way of working that centers the person in front of her. She is a Michigan-licensed marriage and family therapist with 18 years of experience and speaks both English and Spanish. Her practice focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and the shifts that come with major life changes.

She uses practical, collaborative methods to help clients sort through relationship strain, family conflicts, intimacy concerns, and parenting stress. Sessions aim to identify clear goals and small steps toward them. The approach emphasizes each person’s existing strengths and resilience rather than focusing only on problems.

Her background includes work with trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and issues tied to abandonment, attachment, and blended families. She also helps people facing immigration-related stress, body image struggles, and caregiving burden. This experience shapes how she listens and how she suggests next steps.

Therapy draws on client-centered conversation, emotionally-focused tools, and solution-focused planning to create practical change. She may also use insights from the Gottman Method and existential ideas when they fit a client’s goals. Sessions are collaborative, and steps are set together so people can try new ways of coping between meetings.

People who choose her often want a therapist who speaks Spanish or English, takes a directional but respectful stance, and focuses on usable skills alongside deeper emotional work. To begin, clients complete a short intake and then schedule sessions according to availability.

How these approaches work well online

Client-Centered Therapy places the client’s experience at the center of the work. The therapist listens, reflects, and helps people find their own answers to stress, anxiety, and life changes. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on identifying and reshaping emotional responses in relationships and close connections, helping people address intimacy issues, attachment concerns, and family conflict. Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice, and the big questions people face during life transitions, which can be helpful for those navigating midlife shifts or feelings of emptiness.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, needs, and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, so therapy stays aligned with real-life goals.

Practical benefits of online therapy include easier scheduling and the ability to fit sessions into a busy day. Online work can reduce travel time and make shorter check-ins simpler when needed. Session formats are not specified here, so confirm the current options before booking to see which fit your routine.