Ann Legierski, LCSW

Ann Legierski is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and challenges like ADHD and bipolar mood changes. She also supports those coping with trauma, anger, self-esteem struggles, career changes, eating concerns, and compassion fatigue.

Ann works in a straightforward, collaborative way. She listens first and helps people set clear, realistic goals. Sessions focus on practical skills, clearer thinking, and stronger emotional understanding. Parents and busy adults often appreciate the step-by-step tools she offers.

Her practice draws on cognitive behavioral strategies alongside attachment-focused and client-centered ideas. Ann uses techniques to shift unhelpful thoughts, improve emotional regulation, and strengthen close relationships. She also integrates elements from dialectical behavior therapy and emotionally-focused approaches when they fit the person's goals.

With 13 years of experience, Ann adapts plans to each person's history and needs. She emphasizes teaching coping skills, offering feedback, and using psychoeducation so clients can make steady progress. Treatment is shaped around individual strengths and real-life demands.

Ann holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Phoenix. She practices in California and conducts sessions in English. The focus is on helping people move through change and build resilience in everyday life.

How Ann's approaches fit into online therapy

Ann uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and habits, which can ease anxiety, depression, and compulsive behaviors. Attachment-based ideas help clients understand patterns in close relationships and build safer emotional bonds in everyday life.

Finding the best approach is collaborative. Ann will talk with each person about goals, past efforts, and preferences, then recommend strategies that fit those priorities. She adjusts methods over time based on what is working and what needs to change.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a quick check-in, and text messaging supports brief check-ins or ongoing encouragement between meetings. These options help people fit sessions around work, caregiving, and busy schedules.