
Anna Vargas
Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC)
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.
Practice hours (EST)
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
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