Ann Newman, LCSW, CSW
Colorado · 13 years in practice
Ann Newman is a licensed social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and challenges with relationships and self-esteem.
License and registration
- LCSW, Colorado
- CSW.09924267 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1427560986 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Ann
Ann Newman is a licensed social worker who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and challenges with relationships and self-esteem. She works with adults facing life changes, addiction concerns, grief, and issues around intimacy or identity. Ann brings a steady, compassionate presence to conversations about hard moments.
She offers a straightforward, person-focused approach in sessions. People can expect listening that centers their experience, practical tools for day-to-day coping, and space to talk about painful memories.
Background and approach
Ann uses methods that help clients notice emotional patterns and try new ways of responding. Her work draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at emotions and attachment patterns. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive-behavioral tools to help people clarify values and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Sessions blend emotional noticing with concrete skills practice. Ann holds a Licensed Clinical Social Worker credential and a CSW. She has practiced for 13 years in Colorado and focuses on respectful, inclusive care.
She aims to support people with issues such as parenting stress, career strain, sleep or eating difficulties, ADHD, chronic illness, and caregiving burdens. In therapy she moves at each person’s pace and works collaboratively on goals. New clients are guided through a short matching process to find the right fit and schedule a first session.
Ann emphasizes practical steps you can use between appointments.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ann lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Ann names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How emotion-focused and acceptance approaches work online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and name emotions and how those feelings shape relationships and reactions. It is useful for working through painful memories, attachment concerns, and patterns that keep people stuck. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters most and taking small actions that match those values while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings rather than fighting them. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds influence current emotional habits and aims to build more supported ways of relating and responding.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels helpful. Together they will try methods that fit the situation and adjust over time if something isn’t working well. This collaborative process helps shape a plan that matches needs and pace.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a commute, and chat or messaging can be a shorter check-in or a way to keep progress between appointments. These options offer flexibility, especially for people balancing work, caregiving, or health issues.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
She supports adults with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, grief, parenting strain, ADHD, and many other life challenges listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is compassionate and person-centered, combining emotional exploration with practical skills. Sessions focus on listening, identifying patterns, and trying new coping strategies.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of clinical experience working as a social worker with adults on a wide range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds LCSW and CSW credentials and practices in Colorado.
Which languages are supported and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are offered?
She meets with clients through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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