Annie MaysLMFT

Annie Mays is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 20 years of clinical experience. She welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, eating concerns, or struggles with addiction. Annie aims to create a warm, steady space where clients can bring hard feelings and start to make sense of them.

She centers her work on listening closely and matching methods to each person's needs. Sessions are collaborative and paced to what feels manageable; Annie describes the first meeting as an interview for both therapist and client. She says she will push when helpful but only within what a person is ready to try.

Annie draws from narrative approaches and Internal Family Systems to help people tell the story of their lives and understand the parts that drive behavior. She also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how relationships shape current struggles. Motivational interviewing helps when change feels unclear or motivation is wobbly.

Her practice includes work around body image, eating and food-related issues, gender dysphoria, and LGBTQ concerns. Annie also supports people facing infidelity, divorce and separation, family of origin issues, and midlife transitions. She is experienced with panic attacks, mood disorders, guilt and shame, and substance use challenges.

Based in Oregon, Annie focuses on helping individuals find clearer direction and more manageable daily routines. Her style is down-to-earth and direct, with an emphasis on building a trusting, human connection to guide the healing process.

How Annie’s approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationships affect feelings and behavior. Online work with attachment ideas can help people notice relationship patterns and practice new ways of connecting. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on a respectful, nonjudgmental meeting where the client leads the pace; it supports self-directed growth and stronger self-understanding.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Annie will talk through goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then tailor the methods to the person's needs. That decision is collaborative and can change as progress unfolds.

The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy days, reduce travel time, and allow a consistent check-in when life feels hectic. It also lets sessions be shorter or more frequent when that suits the goals, and can make ongoing work possible during transitions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or parenting demands. Discuss scheduling preferences and practical needs with the therapist to find a plan that works.