Anne McLaren
Calm, practical counseling that centers your goals
LPC Wisconsin
- Experience
- 15 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Anne
Anne McLaren is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) practicing in Wisconsin. She draws on 15 years of experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
Anne aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can talk through what matters most to them. Her approach blends practical talk therapy with skill-building.
She uses client-centered methods to listen and reflect, and cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors. The Gottman Method informs her work around communication and intimacy issues.
Anne also incorporates mindfulness and solution-focused strategies. Mindfulness helps people notice emotions and reduce reactivity.
Solution-focused work narrows attention to small, achievable steps that move a person toward their goals. She has supported people coping with life changes, grief, trauma, and substance concerns.
Additional focuses include codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, and self-esteem struggles. Anne works with mood and bipolar disorders and addresses issues like guilt, shame, and compassion fatigue.
Sessions typically center on practical tools and steady support. Anne helps clients practice new skills between visits and checks progress along the way.
She encourages clear goals and small experiments to test what works.
Practical approaches for online relationship and mood work
Anne combines the Gottman Method with client-centered and cognitive behavioral techniques. The Gottman Method focuses on improving communication and rebuilding trust through clear routines and exercises aimed at reducing conflict and increasing connection. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience and prioritizes empathetic listening to help clients feel understood and move at their own pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches specific skills to shift unhelpful patterns and manage mood or anxiety.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Anne will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, try different methods, and adjust the plan as needed. That way the work fits both the issue and the person's style of coping.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, real-time processing, or step-by-step coaching between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and keep progress moving forward.
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Experience
15+ years
Licensed in
Wisconsin
Languages
English