Anna Claybaugh, LCSW, LICSW

Anna Claybaugh, LCSW, LICSW, is a clinical social worker who focuses on helping people feel more connected and more like themselves. Anna uses clear, direct guidance and a warm style to make sessions feel welcoming and nonjudgmental. She speaks English and Spanish and works from Washington. Anna often helps people who struggle to speak up for their needs or who put themselves last. She has particular experience with people-pleasing, compassion fatigue, caregiving stress, and intense self-criticism. As a queer clinician, she is comfortable supporting people who identify as LGBTQIA2S+. Her practice blends practical skills and attention to personal history. Anna uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment-based ideas, client-centered techniques, EMDR, and Jungian perspectives to tailor the work. She helps clients identify what gets in the way, practice new coping skills, and reclaim agency over daily choices. Over the past decade she has worked in clinical social work settings and brings that experience into sessions. Anna takes a trauma-informed, decolonized, and compassion-centered approach and meets people where they are in their process of change. She is attentive to brain-based explanations alongside emotional and relational patterns. Sessions are intended to be collaborative. Anna helps clients set clear goals, track progress, and adjust methods when needed. She recommends alternative supports when a person needs a different level of care than she provides. To get started clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions based on availability. Subscriptions can be canceled at any time.

Approaches that guide online care

Anna commonly blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment-based ideas, and client-centered work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and manage mood. Attachment-based approaches look at relationship patterns and how early bonds affect current connections and intimacy. Client-centered methods emphasize listening, empathy, and helping clients lead the pace of change so therapy fits their values and goals.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Anna will collaborate with each person to decide which ideas and techniques feel most useful. Together they set goals, try methods in session, and adjust direction based on what helps the client feel more capable and connected.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text work well for ongoing coaching, quick check-ins, and people who prefer written conversation. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between sessions.