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Annette Warner

Experienced LICSW focused on trauma-informed care

LICSW Minnesota

Experience
22 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Parenting
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
Languages
English
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About Annette

Annette Warner is a licensed clinical social worker (LICSW) with 22 years of experience supporting people through trauma, mood concerns, and everyday stresses.

Background and approach

She brings long-term clinical practice with individuals and families, along with substantial training in trauma work and experience as a foster parent, into each therapeutic relationship. Annette has worked across a broad range of concerns including anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, grief, parenting challenges, and complex mood disorders.

Her style blends cognitive behavioral techniques with client-centered and mindfulness-informed approaches, and she often uses trauma-focused methods when addressing the impact of past harm. Annette aims to create a warm, respectfully direct space where clients can explore emotions, develop coping skills, and work toward clearer solutions.

She invites clients to collaborate on goals and practical strategies tailored to their situation, meeting people where they are and supporting steady progress over time.

Integrating evidence-based approaches for online care

Annette uses cognitive behavioral approaches that focus on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and developing practical skills to manage symptoms such as anxiety, depression, panic, and OCD. These techniques emphasize concrete behavioral experiments and skill-building to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

She also draws on trauma-focused therapy to attend directly to the effects of past harm, working gently to process traumatic memories and to build safety and coping strategies over time. Mindfulness-informed practices are woven in to help clients increase present-moment awareness, reduce reactivity, and manage stress and sleep difficulties.

Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. She discusses options with each client, tailors methods to goals and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds to ensure the chosen strategies fit the person’s needs.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible access to care. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, support continuity when life is unpredictable, and allow clients to engage in treatment from locations that work for them.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
Annette works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, self-esteem struggles, relationship and family problems, grief, sleeping difficulties, anger, bipolar disorder, depression, coping with life changes, and ADHD.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She combines a respectfully warm, client-centered stance with practical cognitive behavioral techniques and mindfulness elements to help clients build skills and process emotions.
What is her professional background?
She has 22 years of clinical experience working with children, families, and adults, and has focused extensively on trauma through both professional roles and foster parenting.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She holds an LICSW and is licensed in Minnesota under MN LICSW 16202.
Does she offer services in other languages or accept international clients?
Services are provided in English, and she is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and preferences.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin therapy?
To get started, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyTrauma and abuseParenting issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

Relationship issuesFamily conflictsGriefSleeping disordersAnger managementBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityDissociationEmptinessFamily problemsGuilt and shameIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPhobiasPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Social anxiety and phobiaSomatizationWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Mindfulness TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

22+ years

Licensed

Minnesota

Languages

English