Ann Marie Harty, LCSW

Ann Marie Harty is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Florida who helps adults manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. She also supports people facing caregiver strain, compassion fatigue, and struggles with self-esteem. Ann Marie aims to create a calm space where people can tell their story and work toward clearer goals.

She blends straightforward, practical methods in sessions. Mindfulness exercises help slow racing thoughts. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thought patterns and try different behaviors. Emotion-focused approaches help people notice and name strong feelings so they lose some power.

Her background includes ten years of clinical experience working with adults from diverse cultural backgrounds. She mentions particular experience with African American and Caribbean adults and with people caring for older relatives, including those with neurocognitive disorders. Ann Marie seeks to reduce stigma around mental health and to support clients in giving themselves permission to heal.

In sessions she emphasizes self-determination and practical steps toward goals. That can mean short skill-building tasks between sessions or trying a new way of coping in daily life. She also addresses issues like isolation, life purpose, immigration stress, and seasonal mood changes.

People can expect a compassionate, goal-focused style that mixes reflection with concrete tools. Ann Marie combines listening with techniques to help people change what doesn’t work and strengthen what does.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the client leads the conversation and the therapist follows. This helps people who need a place to tell their story and decide their own goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and offers practical exercises to try between sessions. CBT works well for anxiety, low mood, and stress when you want clear steps to change daily patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That might mean starting with mindfulness to calm intense feelings, then adding CBT tools to tackle specific behaviors, or focusing on emotions first to untangle difficult relationships with self and others.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week and reduce travel time. It can also allow shorter check-ins or sessions that are more flexible around caregiving or work. Licensed professionals can adapt mindfulness exercises, CBT worksheets, and emotion-focused conversations to an online setting so people can practice skills between visits.