Anne Combs

Anne Combs is an Ohio-licensed clinician with 40 years in behavioral health. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting concerns, addiction, grief, and women’s issues. She prefers practical, solution-focused work that helps people get relief from day-to-day problems and move toward clear goals.

Her approach centers on the present. She acknowledges how past trauma shapes current life, but emphasizes ways to manage that impact now. Sessions aim to identify doable steps, change unhelpful thinking, and build skills that fit each person's routine.

Clients describe her style as warm, friendly, and interactive. She brings experience as a therapist, clinical supervisor, and administrator in both small and large behavioral health settings. That background informs a straightforward, problem-solving way of working rather than theoretical talk.

Anne uses techniques drawn from Client-Centered work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy. She also has training hours in Executive Coaching and often helps people with career challenges and professional communication.

Her sessions often include practical communication exercises, steps for shifting thinking patterns, and brief goal-focused plans. She values humor and believes learning to communicate and to laugh at oneself are important tools for coping and change.

How Anne’s Approaches Work Remotely

Anne often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change thinking patterns that keep stress and anxiety alive. CBT uses practical exercises and homework to shift thought and behavior, which can be done during online sessions and between meetings.

She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy, which breaks problems into small, achievable goals. This approach looks for what works now and builds steps toward quick, concrete change that clients can try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the client to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time based on what helps most.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, whether sessions are shorter check-ins or longer weekly meetings. It also helps when travel or scheduling would otherwise get in the way of regular care. Licensed professionals can adapt CBT and solution-focused exercises to work well in an online setting, focusing on skills you can practice between sessions.