Annette Church, LPC

Annette Church is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with twenty years of experience helping people through major life changes. She works with individuals facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, relationship strain, and midlife concerns. Her tone is encouraging and nonjudgmental, and she aims to help people notice progress session by session.

Annette prefers a client-centered style that follows each person's pace and priorities. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and solution-focused tools when they fit the client's goals. Sessions emphasize practical steps, clearer choices, and skills that can be used between meetings.

Her approach includes checking in each session about what is working and what needs to change. That keeps the pace tailored to the person instead of relying on a fixed method. She also brings experience supporting people with trauma, addiction recovery, parenting concerns, career stress, and end-of-life issues.

Annette frames counseling as a partnership where a therapist from outside a person's immediate circle can offer fresh perspective. She encourages people to celebrate efforts to change rather than feel ashamed about struggles. Her practice is based in Arizona and she conducts work in English.

People who choose her can expect straightforward conversation, practical coping strategies, and occasional mindfulness practices. The focus is on making small, steady changes that add up to better daily functioning and clearer direction.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people focus on what matters most and take small steps toward chosen values. It often uses exercises to clarify priorities and reduce unhelpful avoidance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches practical tools to shift unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness practices are brief exercises that build attention and calm, and these can be woven into sessions to ease anxiety and improve sleep.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to choose methods that match the person's goals, needs, and daily routine. That collaborative decision-making means plans can change as progress is seen or priorities shift.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow quick check-ins when needed. It also permits using digital tools and between-session exercises that support skill practice in everyday life.