Where therapists reconnect to their deepest “why” and transform their practice into an extension of the person they already are.

You already are all that you need to be. The way you naturally attune to unspoken pain, sense what's deeper, hold space without effort—that's your true self at work. But you've learned to override it with professionalism and “shoulds” that were never yours to begin with. Coming home to yourself is permission to trust that knowing again. When your practice becomes a seamless extension of who you already are instead of who you were taught to be, sustainability flows effortlessly—and fulfillment is the integration you've been seeking all along.

ABOUT

Meet The Fulfilled Therapist

After building her first “successful” practice, Anna realized she had built her entire business based off of industry standards that left no space for the unique gifts that made her who she is. She had made every decision from urgency and external expectations, losing herself in the process. So she rebuilt this time from her inner knowing over external pressure, creating a practice that honored her humanity instead of performing professionalism. Now, she guides therapists home to themselves to reimagine their practices rooted in alignment with their true selves.

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Fulfillment isn’t found in doing more, it comes from honoring your voice as the core of your practice.

Anna's Story
services

Are you here to build something that is truly yours?

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Choose your path

Through intimate 1:1 coaching and The Inner Circle community, Anna guides therapists back to their truest selves—where passion, purpose, and authenticity replace performance and burnout.

1:1 Coaching

An intimate and uniquely tailored approach to assessing where you are in your practice, where you want to be and where the disconnect between the two resides.

What To Expect

The Inner Circle

The Inner Circle is an intimate monthly membership community for therapists who feel disconnected from their work and are ready to rediscover the passion, purpose, and voice that brought them to the field in the first place. This is where therapists stop performing and start practicing from their truest selves.

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DEAR THERAPIST

For the parts of you no one sees

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From navigating imposter syndrome to losing connection to your “why”, from the session that left you shattered to the relationships slipping through your fingers, from carrying others' pain to forgetting how to be a person beyond the role, Dear Therapist is my weekly column where I offer what we all desperately need: to be seen in our struggle, held in our humanity and reminded that the complexity of this work—and this life—doesn’t make you broken. From therapist to therapist, you are whole. This is where the mask comes off and the healing begins.

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Fulfillment isn’t found in arrival but in the ongoing practice of listening inward—attuning to who you’re becoming and reshaping your work to honor the person and therapist you’re growing into season by season.

how it works

Share your story—anonymously

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Every Monday, I choose one submission to respond to and share heartfelt wisdom from someone who has been there. 

The focus here isn't about case consultations or clinical skills. Instead, it’s a space dedicated to the human experience of being a therapist; the burnout, 
the pressures of the field, the lack of support from mentors and supervisors, 
the moments where you question whether you’re making any difference at all, and yes also the profound meaning found in the work.

Through these anonymous letters and my responses, we create what therapists so often lack: a place to be truly vulnerable, to admit struggle, to feel less alone in the particular kind of difficulty we’ve chosen. Because sometimes, therapists need to feel seen too.

This space is yours. When you write, focus on what you're feeling and experiencing — not client details or identifying information. Their stories are sacred. This column is for the story you rarely get to tell: your own.

The Inner Circle Quiz

Where have you strayed from yourself 
and what’s your path back?

Discover what's keeping you stuck — and what's ready to shift.

This quiz is your starting point. It reveals which of the four archetypes you are—Lost Purpose-Seeker, Depleted Helper, Masked Professional, or Disconnected Dreamer—and gives you personalized guidance for your specific pattern.

You'll discover what you need most to practice from your truest self, plus an invitation to join The Inner Circle, where therapists like you are transforming disconnection into practices that feel like home.

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