About Anna

Anna’s Credentials

BA Studio Art -Salem College
MDiv- Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary
MA- Doane University
EMDR
Trauma Therapy
Certificate Nutrition and Complimentary Medicine for Mental Health
Certified Sex Addiction Therapy
Prepare Enrich certified (premarital counseling)

A Safe and Healing Place Where You Are Heard

Anna brings diverse education and experience into working with clients.  Her work considers the unique needs of the individual, family, couple in developing a therapeutic plan.  She helps clients discover ways to improve their lives and relationships.  Her creativity and knowledge combine to make a path for better health for each person.

Her training and experience as a visual and dance artist gives her a personal understanding of the creative process.  She uses this with clients to assist them in discovering and developing their own creative gifts.

Her training and experience as a Lutheran Pastor gives her first-hand knowledge of the difficulties and joys of being a religious leader.  She understands that depression, self-doubt, and crises of faith are common for religious professionals, but are often never talked about.  She provides a safe and healing place where honesty is welcomed and affirmed.

Her work with spiritual formation has given her tools for engaging the presence of something larger than oneself.  She believes that love and healing are core elements of many faith traditions.  She honors the tradition that each client claims as their own.  She also works to help those who come from no faith tradition find meaning in their life experiences.

Her special training in trauma work and EMDR give her understanding and treatment options for those who are living with the effects of trauma.  She understands the memories, flash backs, anxiety, and difficulty trusting others that come from trauma and can assist clients with finding a more peaceful and fulfilling life.

Anna is trained as a sex addiction therapist by the professionals of the International Institute of Trauma & Addiction. She helps those impacted by sexual compulsivity and their partners find healing and healthy intimacy.

Anna honors people of all sexual orientations and gender identities.  She believes that relationship in its many forms can be a great context for growth.

Anna enhances her work with clients using her study of nutrition and complimentary healing concepts .