Anna Vargas

I have experience and enjoy working with clients with a variety of mental health concerns including anxiety, depression, traumatic events, challenging childhoods, and feeling overwhelmed, stressed and “not good enough,” but most importantly, I enjoy helping folks navigate the challenges of being human in a world that is constantly telling us how we’re “supposed” to be. As the daughter of an immigrant, I have a special interest in the trauma surrounding cultural appropriation and the effects of this experience on children of immigrants. Together we may learn to take a closer look at underlying patterns of behavior and how they impact your life, develop skills for managing difficult thoughts and emotions, explore values and how they are guiding your life choices, discuss relationships and communication, process difficult and overwhelming life experiences and how they impact you presently, and finally practice self-compassion. I use a variety of therapy modalities including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), attachment theory, psychodynamic therapy, emotion-focused therapy (EFT) and mindfulness practices.