Annette Skeen, LPC

Annette Skeen is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) with 14 years of clinical experience. She centers her work on building a collaborative, welcoming therapeutic relationship so people feel heard and understood. Annette focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions such as separation or career shifts.

Her approach blends evidence-based therapeutic techniques with a relationship-centered style. Sessions focus on practical skills, clearer communication, and ways to cope with trauma, guilt, or shame. She also supports people navigating attachment struggles, blended family challenges, and issues connected to military or first responder experiences.

Annette pays attention to each person's story and goals. She helps people identify strengths and small steps they can use between sessions. Work often includes learning new coping strategies and practicing healthier ways to relate to others.

People come to Annette for help with midlife concerns and questions about life purpose, and for support after loss, divorce, or family conflict. She offers steady guidance while helping clients make concrete changes.

Sessions are conducted in English and follow professional standards for licensed clinicians in South Carolina. To begin, prospective clients are asked to use the site's Start Therapy process to match and schedule according to availability.

Approaches and how they translate to online work

This therapist draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques alongside a relationship-centered approach. One common element is skills-based work that teaches practical coping strategies for anxiety, stress, and depression. Those skills are concrete actions clients can practice between sessions to manage symptoms and daily demands.

Another element is trauma-informed care focused on helping people process difficult experiences at a manageable pace. This involves grounding tools, paced conversations, and strategies to reduce reactivity while building safety in the therapeutic relationship.

Choosing the right approach is part of the process. Annette collaborates with each person to decide which techniques fit current needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is reviewed as progress is made so the plan can change if something else would be more helpful.

The profile does not specify available session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. Many clients find online work helpful because it can fit around work or family schedules, reduce travel time, and make it easier to maintain continuity when life is busy. Whether sessions are in-person or remote, the focus remains on practical tools and steady support to help people through midlife transitions and other challenges.