Ana Stevenson, LCSW

Ana Stevenson, LCSW, focuses on building a warm, person-centered connection to help people navigate stress, trauma, loss, and major life changes. She speaks English and Spanish and draws on broad life experience to meet people where they are and listen to what matters most to them.

She brings nine years of formal clinical practice and many more years of lived experience across several continents. That background informs how she understands cultural context, immigration concerns, and the everyday pressures caregivers and older adults can face. Sessions emphasize practical steps that fit each person’s life and goals.

Ana uses a mix of approaches tailored to the client. She blends client-centered listening with cognitive-behavioral ideas, dialectical skills, mindfulness, and EMDR-style work when appropriate. That mix helps with anxiety, depression, intrusive memories, addictive behaviors, and relationship or parenting stress.

In sessions she focuses on increasing self-kindness, improving coping skills, and helping people regain balance after big losses or transitions. She also supports those dealing with adoption and foster care issues, caregiver strain, aging and geriatric concerns, and immigration-related stress.

Her NM LCSW credential appears with her clinical work. People who want to begin are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist’s availability. Ana aims to make therapy practical and easy to fit into everyday life.

Approaches that translate well to online work

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and shaping sessions around each person’s goals; it helps people feel heard and decide what changes matter most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, DBT, teaches practical skills for managing intense emotions and improving relationships, often through short exercises and coaching in session.

Finding the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will ask about your goals, past experiences, and day-to-day needs and then suggest which methods to try. That plan can be adjusted over time based on what feels most helpful and workable for you.

The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example by avoiding travel time, allowing a shorter check-in at a break between commitments, or offering sessions without being on camera if that feels better. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises like CBT worksheets, DBT skills practice, mindfulness guidance, and EMDR-informed processing to a remote setting when appropriate. Ask about format details and how a plan will be arranged to match your schedule and needs.