(Angie) Anjanette Winkler , LPC, LCPC

With 21 years of professional experience, (Angie) Anjanette Winkler brings deep expertise in trauma-informed care and family systems to her counseling practice. She developed clinical skills across every level of behavioral healthcare and has advanced training in how early-life trauma shapes a child's developing brain. That background informs her commitment to trauma-sensitive treatment that supports healing, growth, and new ways of relating.

She approaches therapy as a collaborative partnership in which the client is the expert on their own life and she contributes clinical knowledge, perspective, and practical tools. She emphasizes unconditional acceptance and respect for each person’s values and moves clients forward at a pace that feels right for them. Her aim is to challenge gently in service of progress rather than to push someone down.

Winkler has extensive experience supporting adults, couples, families, and children, including families formed through adoption and foster care. She works with a broad range of concerns such as trauma and abuse, depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, parenting stress, substance use, grief, anger, ADHD, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue. She is affirming of all sexual and gender identities and supports people of any faith or religious background.

Her clinical toolbox includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Trust-Based Relational Intervention, Solution-Focused Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. She also draws on attachment-focused ideas to address family dynamics and attachment challenges, and she has a history of crisis intervention and stabilization to help people through acute difficulty.

Attachment, Client-Centered, and CBT Approaches Online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape emotional responses and patterns of connection. This approach helps people understand attachment wounds, improve bonding within families, and build more secure ways of relating to partners and children. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and the client’s own capacity for growth. It creates space for people to explore values, make choices, and develop self-understanding at their own pace. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with practical strategies, which can be especially useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist will work collaboratively with each person to determine what fits best. That means exploring needs, goals, and preferences together and adapting methods as progress unfolds so the work aligns with the client’s life and priorities.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage with a licensed professional through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, keep continuity during life changes, and access care from different locations, while still allowing the therapist and client to build a strong working relationship.