Ann DePoole, LCSW
Florida · 14 years in practice
Ann DePoole, LCSW, helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, grieving, or struggling with substance use to find steadier ground.
License and registration
- LCSW, Florida
- SW11317 · expires March 2027
- LCSW, Arizona
- LCSW-22168 · expires February 2026
- NPI
- 1437380540 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 14
- 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 DePoole, LCSW, helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, grieving, or struggling with substance use to find steadier ground. She meets people where they are and focuses on building trust and openness so sessions feel useful from the start.
She has worked as a therapist for 14 years and completed her social work degree later in life to follow a long-held goal. Ann uses plain language in sessions and aims to make therapy feel practical and doable for busy lives.
Background and approach
She listens closely to what matters most to each person and helps set short-term, achievable steps. Her work covers mood disorders, co-occurring conditions, trauma, and substance use concerns. She also supports people dealing with stress, grief, relationship and intimacy questions, body image, parenting strain, and career or life transitions.
Ann draws on several approaches to match the work to the person’s needs. In sessions she blends emotion-focused ideas with acceptance and behavior-based tools. That means she helps people recognize and name feelings, notice unhelpful patterns, and try new ways of responding.
The pace is collaborative, with practical skills and reflection combined. Ann practices in Arizona and holds LCSW credentialing. Sessions are offered in English.
She aims to help people repair difficult moments and build more reliable coping over time.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ann lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- 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)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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 identify and name core emotions and understand how those feelings shape their actions. It is useful for working through painful memories, relationship or intimacy concerns, and patterns that keep repeating.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that reflect their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, substance use, and coping with big life changes.
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds affect current relationships and self-understanding. It can be helpful for people who struggle with abandonment fears, attachment issues, or repeating relationship patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then try techniques that match those needs in a collaborative way.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls let people connect face to face when schedules and travel are barriers. Phone sessions can be a good choice when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging offer flexibility to send notes or reflections between sessions and to keep momentum when time is tight.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Ann commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and substance use, plus relationship and intimacy-related issues and many related concerns such as body image and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She combines emotion-focused work with acceptance and cognitive-behavioral techniques and focuses on practical steps clients can try between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 14 years of experience and returned to school in her 40s to become a social worker, bringing a mix of life experience and clinical practice.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds the LCSW credential and provides services based in Arizona, with licensure details listed as FL LCSW and AZ LCSW.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English only and she does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are offered online?
Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
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