Anna Vargas, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC)

Anna Vargas

Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC)

Accepting clients
Updated 5 days ago
5 years in practice

I enjoy working with clients to manage anxiety, OCD, trauma and living with chronic illness.

I help clients with a variety of concerns including anxiety/OCD, ADHD, depression, trauma and chronic illness find balance and peace. Feeling “not good enough” or “paralyzed” by emotion doesn’t have to rule your life. I enjoy helping folks navigate the trickiness of our modern world; a world that is constantly telling us how we're “supposed” to be. Together we will sit down and unravel the complexities of being human in order to get to the root causes and find a more meaningful, intentional and workable path forward. We may identify underlying patterns and how they impact you, develop skills to manage difficult thoughts and emotions, explore values and how they are guiding your life choices, discuss relationships, communication and boundary setting, process traumas, and practice self-compassion. Therapy will be about working on what's important to you. In sessions, you can expect a warm, down-to-earth human that listens intently with curiosity and sensitivity to your emotional needs while also being direct and honest so we can cut straight to the heart of the matter. My goal is to provide an emotionally safe space and tools for you to begin the work of making change wherever you may be right now.

Remote / In-person
Speaks English
Emergency number not available
Hispanic/LatinxLGBTQIA+ ally

Practice hours (EST)

Sun
closed
Mon
11:00 am 6:00 pm
Tue
11:00 am 6:00 pm
Wed
10:00 am 4:00 pm
Thu
10:00 am 4:00 pm
Fri
closed
Sat
closed

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

  • Anxiety
  • Body Image
  • Burnout
  • Childhood Abuse
  • Chronic Illness/Pain
  • Depression
  • Grief and Loss
  • Immigration/Acculturation
  • Life Transitions
  • Loneliness/Isolation
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Peer Difficulties
  • Perfectionism
  • Performance Anxiety
  • Personal Growth
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Racial/Cultural Oppression or Trauma
  • Relationship(s) with Friends/Roommates
  • Relationship(s) with Parents/Children/Family
  • Relationship(s) with Partner/Husband/Wife
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Social Anxiety
  • Spiritual/Religious Concerns
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Trauma
  • Women's Issues
  • Work/Life Balance

Age groups

  • Young adults (18-30)
  • Adults (31-64)

Special groups

  • Immigrants

Treatment specialties

Therapeutic modalities

  • Individual Therapy

Treatments

  • Attachment-Based Therapies
  • Exposure Therapy
  • Feminist Therapy
  • Humanistic Therapy
  • Person-Centered Therapy
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Mindfulness Training

Location

  • Connected Living Psychotherapy

    Office Building

    1530 North Gregson StreetDurham, NC 27701

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    Accommodations

    Entering the practice

    • Wide doorway
    • Well-lit path to entrance
    • Door can be opened easily
    • Flat path to the front door
    • Service animals allowed
    • Disabled parking spot (8ft / 2.4m)

Remote options

  • Video

Payment options

$160per session

  • Sliding scale
  • Documentation provided for patient filling
  • Out-of-network insurance
  • Out-of-pocket
  • I offer a free consultation

Credentials

Licenses

  • LCMHC

    16729, North Carolina

Certificates

  • Level 1 AEDP therapist

    AEDP Institute

    I am currently pursuing formal certification as an AEDP therapist. AEDP (accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy) is a somatic therapy used transdiagnostically to help clients process trauma and undo aloneness that can lead to a wide variety of mental health concerns.

Education

  • UNC Chapel Hill

    MS (Master of Science in Counseling), 2021

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