Ana Stevenson , LCSW

Ana Stevenson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in New Mexico who focuses on guiding people through healing and emotional growth. She approaches therapy as a collaborative exploration of a person’s inner life and social relationships, supporting clients as they navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship concerns, and life transitions.

Ana brings a multicultural, multilingual perspective shaped by time spent living and working across Asia, Africa, South America, and the United States. Her background spans clinical work with trauma survivors, immigrants, and individuals facing difficult life changes, alongside experience in employee relations. This range of work has strengthened her ability to connect across cultures and life circumstances.

Her clinical stance is client-centered, orienting treatment around each person’s goals and needs. She blends somatic awareness with EMDR and cognitive-behavioral methods to integrate body and mind, helping clients build greater balance and self-compassion. Ana aims to create a supportive therapeutic relationship that helps people develop practical coping skills, process painful experiences, and move toward the kinds of change they want in their lives.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care

Ana Stevenson uses client-centered methods that begin with the client’s own goals, creating a collaborative space where the therapist follows the client’s priorities and adjusts interventions to fit each person’s needs. This approach is helpful for people seeking support that aligns with their values and real-life concerns.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors. It is practical and skill-oriented, often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) helps people process distressing memories and reduce the intensity of traumatic reactions by combining focused memory work with bilateral stimulation. It can be useful for trauma survivors and those struggling with persistent, upsetting memories.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Ana works collaboratively with clients to determine which methods are the best fit given their needs, goals, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time as progress and circumstances evolve.

Online therapy offers flexibility to meet people where they are, with options for video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life changes, and access licensed professionals without the need to travel, while still focusing on meaningful therapeutic work.