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Therapist in Goleta, California Ann Stephens, Therapist

Gender Identity: Female (She/Her)

Ages Served: 18-74

Appointments: Telehealth only. In-office visits not available

Manages Medications: No, provides therapy only

Accepts Insurance: Yes - View accepted plans

Ann Stephens, Therapist

Ann Stephens, MA, LMFT

Specializes In:

Anger issues
Anxiety
Eating issues: binging
Grief & loss
Panic attacks
Stress management
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Ann Doud Stephens is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has been practicing since 2008. Ann has experience in working with individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, substance abuse issues, trauma and family dispute resolution. Ann worked in the family court system for thirteen years to assist families in divorce and child custody mediation. Ann has been seeing individuals in a clinical setting for the past two years and focuses on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to assist clients in processing and redirecting their thoughts. Ann offers video or telephone sessions, as determined by clients’ preference.

Types of Care & Ages Served

Areas of Focus

Family Therapy

Improve communication and resolve conflicts within family dynamics with a clinician's guidance.

  • Grief & loss
  • Adoption & foster care
  • Alcohol use
  • Anger issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment issues
  • Body image
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Detachment/disconnection
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Drug/substance use
  • Eating issues: binging
  • Eating issues: food deprivation
  • Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
  • Emotional abuse
  • Empty nesters
  • Family conflict
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • General relationship issues
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Panic attacks
  • Parenthood
  • Parenting
  • Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
  • Personality disorders
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Premarital counseling
  • Sexual trauma
  • Social injustice
  • Social skills & communication
  • Stress management
  • Trauma & PTSD
  • Unhealthy eating habits

Individual Therapy

Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.

  • Anger issues
  • Anxiety
  • Eating issues: binging
  • Panic attacks
  • Stress management
  • ADHD
  • Adoption & foster care
  • Alcohol use
  • Attachment issues
  • Attention & focus
  • Body image
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Detachment/disconnection
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Drug/substance use
  • Eating issues: food deprivation
  • Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
  • Emotional abuse
  • Empty nesters
  • Family conflict
  • Fertility
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • General relationship issues
  • Grief & loss
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Parenthood
  • Parenting
  • Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
  • Personality disorders
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Post-partum depression & anxiety
  • Pre-conception
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy loss
  • Premarital counseling
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sexual trauma
  • Social injustice
  • Trauma & PTSD
  • Unhealthy eating habits

Couples Therapy

Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.

  • Anger issues
  • ADHD
  • Adoption & foster care
  • Alcohol use
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment issues
  • Attention & focus
  • Body image
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Detachment/disconnection
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Drug/substance use
  • Eating issues: binging
  • Eating issues: food deprivation
  • Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
  • Emotional abuse
  • Empty nesters
  • Family conflict
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • General relationship issues
  • Grief & loss
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Panic attacks
  • Parenthood
  • Parenting
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Premarital counseling
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sexual trauma
  • Social injustice
  • Stress management
  • Trauma & PTSD
  • Unhealthy eating habits

Languages

  • English

Education

  • Antioch University

FAQs

Please call us at 805-681-0035 to schedule an appointment with Ann Stephens.

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Ann, the therapist, was wonderful. The VSee software for telehealth has a lot of feedback. It's frustrating but after experiencing this for a month I'm (unfortunately) getting more used to it.
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Melodie L.

Oct 28, 2021
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She is absolutely amazing, and the best therapist I have ever had! I love everything about her.
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Jan 05, 2023
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Excellent experience
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Mar 30, 2023
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