Annisha Dunaway, LCSW

Annisha Dunaway is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with six years of experience. She brings a practical, straightforward style to sessions and partners with people who are struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, grief, and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. She also supports those coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, parenting strains, and trauma or abuse. Annisha draws on a mix of therapeutic methods rather than one set approach. She aims to follow each person’s lead when setting goals and tailors techniques to fit the situation. Her tone is described as warm, open, encouraging, and direct, and she focuses on honest, nonjudgmental conversation in the room. Her background includes military service and work as a victim specialist with law enforcement. That experience informs how she talks about resilience, boundaries, and practical coping skills. She uses concrete strategies people can try between sessions and pays attention to how life stressors affect daily functioning. In sessions she helps people notice what matters to them, set small achievable steps, and shift unhelpful thinking or behaviors using techniques from cognitive and mindfulness-based approaches. She also uses motivational questions to support change and client-centered listening to understand each person’s values. People who want direct feedback and collaborative goal setting often find her approach helpful. If you want clear next steps and a respectful space to work through difficult feelings, she offers a straightforward, strengths-focused way to move forward.

How her approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what really matters to them and take small steps toward those values, even when hard feelings show up. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments to change routines and mood. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person’s own goals and uses reflective listening to help people clarify what they want to change.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. She will collaborate with each person to figure out which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying strategies, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan together over time.

Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins during a lunch break, or make it simpler to meet without travel. Online work can also let someone practice new skills between sessions in real-life settings. Licensed professionals, including therapists, can adapt ACT, CBT, and client-centered techniques to an online setting while focusing on clear goals and practical steps.