About Anna
Anna Bruno is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Illinois who focuses on helping people manage family challenges, grief, self-esteem struggles, stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, parenting questions, career shifts, and the practical impacts of ADHD.
Background and approach
She brings seven years of clinical experience and a background centered on supporting individuals and families through transitions and caregiving demands. Anna also has experience working with developmental and intellectual disabilities, including autism and Asperger syndrome, and with clients navigating chronic illness, disability, or related communication and sensory needs.
Her approach emphasizes practical goal-setting and honoring each person's right to self-determination. She pairs advocacy and consultation with empathic listening to help clients identify strengths and craft actionable steps toward their goals.
Past roles have included internships in autism-focused clinics and leadership within the Illinois clinical social work community, experiences that inform her collaborative, strengths-based practice. Clients can expect a supportive, respectful professional who aims to illuminate capabilities and offer structured guidance while navigating life changes and caregiving stresses.
Evidence-Informed Approaches and Online Support
Anna draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that emphasize practical skills and problem solving. One common approach involves goal-focused work that breaks larger life or caregiving challenges into manageable steps, which can help with stress, career transitions, and parenting concerns. Another method centers on strengths-based and supportive counseling that highlights a person's abilities and resources to build confidence and address self-esteem or relationship issues.
Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Anna collaborates with clients to determine which methods best match their needs, goals, and personal preferences. She treats the selection of techniques as a shared exploration and adjusts strategies over time based on progress and feedback.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for busy schedules and for those balancing caregiving, work, or health-related constraints. These formats allow clients to connect from where they are, maintain continuity through life changes, and use the communication style that fits them best while working with a licensed professional.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
Also works with
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Hearing impaired
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Stress, Anxiety
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English