Anna Claybaugh, LCSW, LICSW - Therapist in Washington

Ten years experience
Bilingual English Spanish
LCSW LICSW

About Anna

Anna Claybaugh, LCSW, LICSW helps people find more connection and authenticity in their lives. She brings ten years of clinical social work experience to sessions and aims to make therapy feel welcoming and nonjudgmental.

Anna often works with people who struggle to speak their needs or put themselves first. She supports people who are highly sensitive, people-pleasers, caregivers, and those with critical self-talk. As a queer clinician, she is committed to working with members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community.

Her style is warm, relaxed, and direct when needed. Anna blends practical skills with an understanding of how the brain and attachment shape relationships and behavior. She helps clients identify what blocks them, learn coping skills, and regain a sense of agency in daily life.

Anna uses a trauma-informed, compassion-centered, and decolonized framework in her work. She draws on approaches such as attachment-based methods, client-centered techniques, cognitive behavioral methods, EMDR, and Jungian ideas to tailor the process to each person. Sessions focus on clear goals and manageable steps toward change.

Anna also brings focused experience around adoption and foster care, abandonment, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and intimacy or relationship concerns. She works in English and Spanish and practices in Washington.

How Anna's approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on close relationship patterns and how early bonds shape current reactions. In online sessions this looks like talking through relationship stories, noticing repeated patterns, and practicing new ways of relating that feel safer and more connected.

Client-centered therapy emphasizes listening, empathy, and pacing that matches the person's needs. Online meetings can create a steady space where the therapist reflects back what the client shares and helps them find their own answers.

Cognitive behavioral techniques target unhelpful thoughts and behaviors with practical exercises. In remote sessions a therapist and client might use short worksheets, behavior experiments, or homework between meetings to build new skills.

Choosing an approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options, try methods that fit the client's goals, and adjust based on what helps most. Together they decide what feels useful and realistic for day-to-day life.

Specific session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm which options are available before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, shorten check-ins when needed, and use tools or exercises between meetings to reinforce progress.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, Anxiety LGBTRelationship issuesCoping with life changes Compassion fatigue

Also works with

Family conflictsTrauma and abuse GriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoaching

Additional focus areas

Abandonment Adoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeBDSM, kink, and alternative sex cultureBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issues Fertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualitySomatizationWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Jungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

10+ years

Credentials

Oregon, Washington

Languages

English, Spanish

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does Anna help with?

Anna works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy issues, relationship and communication concerns, and many life transitions including adoption and foster care related topics.

What is Anna's general approach in sessions?

She uses a warm, direct, and compassion-centered style. Therapy combines practical coping skills with attention to attachment and personal history to help clients make change.

How much clinical experience does she have?

Anna has ten years of experience as a clinical social worker working with diverse concerns and life stressors.

What credentials and location apply to this clinician?

Anna holds LCSW and LICSW credentials and practices in Washington.

Which languages are supported in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Spanish.

Can people outside the country work with this therapist?

International clients are not currently accepted for services.

How are sessions arranged and what formats are used?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as specific formats are not listed in the biography.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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