Anna Childs

Anna Childs is a licensed clinical social worker in Wisconsin with 12 years of experience. She helps people who are stressed, anxious, grieving, or working through trauma and relationship concerns. Parents will find straightforward support for sleep, eating, and parenting strain. She also offers help for addiction, bipolar mood challenges, ADHD, and career-related stress.

Anna uses a trauma-focused lens and keeps sessions centered on the person in front of her. She pulls from Client-Centered Therapy to follow each person's priorities and Solution-Focused Therapy to set achievable goals. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills are used to build emotional regulation and coping tools.

Her background includes a Master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and additional graduate study and certificates connected to clinical practice. Over the years she has worked with children age six and up, adolescents, and adults in a range of clinical settings. That variety shapes how she adapts methods to fit different needs and stages of life.

In sessions Anna blends talk therapy, body-aware work, and creative methods when they help. She describes her way of working as relational and integrative, aiming to make therapy understandable and useful. Progress is paced to the client's readiness and goals.

People who choose Anna can expect practical strategies, skills practice, and a collaborative approach to healing. She emphasizes building resilience, clearer boundaries, and more effective ways to manage intense feelings and daily challenges.

How trauma-informed approaches translate to online care

Anna draws on Trauma-Focused Therapy to help people process traumatic experiences in ways that fit their pace and tolerance. This approach focuses on reducing the ongoing impact of trauma and helping people regain a sense of safety and control. Client-Centered Therapy is used to center each session on the client's priorities, listening deeply and shaping work around what matters most. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, brings practical skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and improved communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to identify which methods feel most helpful based on goals, symptoms, and preferences. That decision is revisited over time as needs shift.

If you prefer online sessions, confirm the specific formats offered before booking since current session types are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow a quieter check-in during a break. It can also make skills practice and coaching more directly usable in daily routines. Licensed professionals commonly adapt trauma-focused and skills-based work to remote settings, and the therapist will discuss what will work best for you during scheduling and the first sessions.