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Ann Stephens, Therapist
Therapist in Goleta, California

Ann Stephens, Therapist

Specialties:
Grief & loss Adoption & foster care Alcohol use +41
Provider Gender: Female (She/Her)
Ages Served: 18-74
Appointments: Telehealth only. In-office visits not available
Manages Medications: No, provides therapy only
Accepts Insurance: Yes - View accepted plans

Ann Doud Stephens is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has been practicing since 2008. Ann has experience in working with individuals struggling with depression, anxiety, substance abuse issues, trauma and family dispute resolution. Ann worked in the family court system for thirteen years to assist families in divorce and child custody mediation. Ann has been seeing individuals in a clinical setting for the past two years and focuses on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to assist clients in processing and redirecting their thoughts. Ann offers video or telephone sessions, as determined by clients’ preference.

Provider Introduction

Types of Care & Ages Served

Areas of Focus

Family Therapy

Improve communication and resolve conflicts within family dynamics with a clinician's guidance.

  • Grief & loss
  • Adoption & foster care
  • Alcohol use
  • Anger issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment issues
  • Body image
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Detachment/disconnection
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Drug/substance use
  • Eating issues: binging
  • Eating issues: food deprivation
  • Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
  • Emotional abuse
  • Empty nesters
  • Family conflict
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • General relationship issues
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Panic attacks
  • Parenthood
  • Parenting
  • Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
  • Personality disorders
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Premarital counseling
  • Sexual trauma
  • Social injustice
  • Social skills & communication
  • Stress management
  • Trauma & PTSD
  • Unhealthy eating habits

Individual Therapy

Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.

  • Anger issues
  • Anxiety
  • Eating issues: binging
  • Panic attacks
  • Stress management
  • ADHD
  • Adoption & foster care
  • Alcohol use
  • Attachment issues
  • Attention & focus
  • Body image
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Detachment/disconnection
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Drug/substance use
  • Eating issues: food deprivation
  • Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
  • Emotional abuse
  • Empty nesters
  • Family conflict
  • Fertility
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • General relationship issues
  • Grief & loss
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Parenthood
  • Parenting
  • Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
  • Personality disorders
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Post-partum depression & anxiety
  • Pre-conception
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy loss
  • Premarital counseling
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sexual trauma
  • Social injustice
  • Trauma & PTSD
  • Unhealthy eating habits

Couples Therapy

Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.

  • Anger issues
  • ADHD
  • Adoption & foster care
  • Alcohol use
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment issues
  • Attention & focus
  • Body image
  • Career & relationships (mid-life)
  • Detachment/disconnection
  • Dissociative disorders
  • Domestic violence & abuse
  • Drug/substance use
  • Eating issues: binging
  • Eating issues: food deprivation
  • Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
  • Emotional abuse
  • Empty nesters
  • Family conflict
  • Focus, concentration & memory
  • General relationship issues
  • Grief & loss
  • Marital stress or divorce
  • Menopause & perimenopause
  • Other women's health concerns
  • Panic attacks
  • Parenthood
  • Parenting
  • PMS & PMDD
  • Premarital counseling
  • Sex & intimacy issues
  • Sexual trauma
  • Social injustice
  • Stress management
  • Trauma & PTSD
  • Unhealthy eating habits

Languages

  • English

Education

  • Antioch University

  • University of California

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Therapists and psychiatrists are attentive and kind. They care about you and are responsive to your needs. They are caring and they are helpful. I highly recommend.
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Oct 07, 2025
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Great! Very knowledgeable and patient and answered all my questions
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Ann Stephens, Therapist

Ann Stephens

Therapist in Goleta, California

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