Ann Elise Taylor, LCSW, PMH-C

Ann Elise’s first priority in therapy is creating a safe, compassionate, and accepting environment for her clients. All too often, people struggling with their mental health are shamed and invalidated by those around them, including healthcare providers. Ann Elise pushes back against this by focusing heavily on making sure her clients feel seen, valued, and understood. Feeling truly heard can be a powerful, healing experience, and Ann Elise works hard to provide this to her clients.

Ann Elise’s therapies of choice include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). She’s a big believer in ethical therapeutic practice, which includes providing clients with the most effective, well-researched treatment possible. However, therapy isn’t a one-size-fits-all experience. As such, Ann Elise loves collaborating with clients to make goal-oriented, personalized plans for their path through therapy. Ann Elise also deeply values social justice and is dedicated to creating a safe space for people of all sexual orientations, gender identities, races, ethnicities, and cultural backgrounds.

Therapy with Ann Elise will include learning about your brain; building an arsenal of skills; reconfiguring the way you respond to thoughts and emotions; and hopefully laughing a lot along the way. Above all else, Ann Elise wants to help her clients lead more fulfilling, values-focused lives.

Ann Elise earned her master’s degree in clinical social work at the University of Chicago, where her studies focused on trauma-informed care and contextual behavioral therapies such as CBT, ACT, and DBT. Ann Elise’s clinical internship was completed at Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s Stone Institute of Psychiatry, where she primarily treated adults struggling with depression and anxiety.

Ann Elise most recently worked at Wildflower Center for Emotional Health, a private practice in Chicago. She treated adult clients struggling with a variety of mental health concerns, including depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder, trauma-related disorders, and bipolar disorders. She also gained extensive training and experience treating parents struggling with mental illness during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Ann Elise’s trainings and certifications include:

40+ hours of training and professional consultation focused on evidence-based treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

Perinatal Mental Health Certification (PMH-C) through Postpartum Support International

EMDR Basic Training

Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 Training

Trauma-Informed Care Certification through the University of Chicago

Early on in Ann Elise’s social services career, she worked with survivors of human trafficking, torture, and severe war trauma. She earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, and prior to changing careers, she spent five years working as a journalist focused on digital strategy, editing, and newsroom management. Ann Elise is a licensed clinical social worker in the state of Texas (109389).

When she isn’t in the office, Ann Elise enjoys spending time with loved ones, traveling, gardening, reading, playing guitar, and moving way too quickly from random hobby to random hobby. Ann Elise is an animal lover who definitely wants to pet your dog, and she enjoys spending time with her tuxedo cat and beagle mix. Ann Elise is a Fort Worth native who has lived in five states, and she’s excited to have recently moved back to the land of bluebonnets and breakfast tacos.

Ann Elise is accepting clients in Allandale and for teletherapy. For more information about Ann Elise’s availability or schedule an appointment please call 512-246-7225 or visit our client portal.