Works with
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- California
- Years in practice
- 28
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Ann
Ann Kite is a licensed clinical social worker in California with 28 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, anger, and relationship concerns. Ann aims to make starting therapy feel manageable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed.
She works with people on a wide range of issues including trauma and abuse, LGBT-related concerns, intimacy questions, and substance-related problems. She also supports clients facing sleep or eating struggles, parenting stress, career changes, and difficulties with self-esteem.
Background and approach
Her practice includes attention to ADHD, bipolar disorder, depression, and compassion fatigue. Ann uses straightforward, person-focused methods to shape sessions around each person's needs. She draws on client-centered therapy to listen and respond to what matters most to the client.
She also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to help people notice patterns of thinking and try small changes in behavior. Sessions are collaborative. Ann works with clients to build practical steps and goals that fit daily life.
She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion while helping people find clearer ways to cope and make changes. Her background and long experience in California mean she has seen many kinds of challenges. She tailors conversation and plans to each individual situation, and she helps clients move from feeling stuck toward clearer choices and routines.
What Ann works with
Everything Ann lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Ann's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Emptiness
- Gender dysphoria
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Approaches Ann lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening and responding to what matters most to the person. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects concerns, and helps clarify priorities so sessions feel relevant and respectful.Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It helps people notice unhelpful thinking patterns and try small behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety, manage anger, or improve sleep.
Motivational interviewing is a conversational way to build motivation for change. It is useful when someone feels stuck or unsure about making shifts in substance use, habits, or relationships.
Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the work. The therapist collaborates with each client to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That ongoing conversation helps shape clear steps and practical goals.
Online formats offer flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat allows shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to try different ways of connecting.
Questions people ask about Ann
What concerns does Ann commonly help address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, grief, anger, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, addiction concerns, sleep and eating problems, self-esteem struggles, and career or life transitions.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Sessions are person-centered and practical. She listens first, then uses cognitive behavioral techniques and motivational interviewing to set small goals and try changes that fit daily life.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Ann has 28 years of professional work experience as a licensed clinical social worker in California.
What credentials and location information should I know?
She holds the LCSW credential and practices in California.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are offered?
She meets with people through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.