Annette Warner , LICSW

Annette Warner is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) practicing in Minnesota with 22 years of clinical experience supporting children, families, and adults. Her background includes work with students, families involved in foster care, and adults managing severe and persistent mental health conditions, including dual diagnosis. She has also served as a foster parent for seven years, which has informed her deep interest in trauma and attachment-related concerns.

Her clinical interests center on trauma, and she has completed extensive training in trauma-informed care while working across educational and family settings. Annette also addresses a broad range of concerns such as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, ADHD, grief, parenting challenges, relationship and family problems, sleep difficulties, anger, and mood disorders.

Annette's therapeutic stance is respectfully warm and attentive, creating physical and emotional space where people can feel heard and begin the work of healing. She typically integrates trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy with family-centered and solution-focused approaches, tailoring interventions to each person’s needs. She emphasizes collaboration, steady support, and practical strategies to help clients navigate change and build coping skills.

Annette acknowledges the courage it takes to seek help and aims to offer a steady, compassionate presence for clients working through difficult life experiences.

Trauma-informed and collaborative approaches for online therapy

Annette often draws on trauma-focused therapy, which concentrates on recognizing the impact of traumatic experiences and developing gradual, practical strategies to process those experiences and reduce their everyday effects. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and practice alternative skills that improve mood and functioning. In addition, her client-centered orientation emphasizes empathy, active listening, and shaping the work around each person's priorities and strengths, which can be especially helpful for relationship and family concerns.

Determining the right approach is a collaborative process. Annette works with each person to clarify goals, assess what methods feel most helpful, and adjust the plan over time so that therapy fits the individual's needs and preferences.

Online therapy offers flexible access to licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around family, work, or other commitments and allow continuity of care when in-person meetings are difficult, while still focusing on effective therapeutic work and meaningful progress.