Annette Kauffroth, LCSW

Annette Kauffroth is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Texas who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, depression, and life transitions. She works with concerns such as grief, parenting pressures, addictions, intimacy and self-esteem challenges. Annette combines practical tools with a warm, down-to-earth style so conversations stay focused and useful.

She began her career as an engineer before shifting to social work. That background shaped her preference for clear, hands-on strategies alongside empathetic listening. Sessions tend to balance short-term skills with attention to deeper patterns like attachment and core beliefs.

Annette uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) as one of her main approaches. She also draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Attachment-Based Therapy, and client-centered ideas to tailor support to each person. She often works on communication skills, emotion regulation, and values-based goals.

Her style is collaborative and practical. She will help identify small experiments and everyday practices clients can try between sessions. Mindfulness, exploring life stories, and examining unhelpful thought patterns are common parts of the work.

With 14 years of experience as an LCSW, Annette is comfortable supporting people through divorce, career change, midlife questions, mood disorders, post-traumatic stress, and women's issues. She accepts English-speaking and international clients and offers several online session formats to fit different needs.

Online Approaches that Fit Your Life

Annette often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT is practical and goal-focused, and it can help with anxiety, depression, and mood disorders.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which helps people clarify values and take meaningful action even when hard feelings are present. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at relational patterns and how early relationships affect current connections and communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Annette will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they plan small steps, exercises, and experiments to try between sessions and see what helps most.

Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video works well for full conversations and visual cues, phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat allow brief check-ins and ongoing support between sessions. These options help fit therapy into a busy life and make it easier to keep momentum.