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Anna Edwards, LMFT
Ages:
Children (3-12)
Teens (13-17)
Young Adults (18-25)
Adults (26+)
Experience: 10+ years
Anna Edwards, LMFT
Cognitive Behavioral and ERP Therapist
LMFT #27136
Anna Edwards, LMFT believes that meaningful change begins in relationship. With over three decades of clinical experience, Anna partners with clients to gently uncover, understand, and release the barriers that keep them from feeling at peace and fully themselves.
Anna has been a licensed therapist since 1990 and earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University. Throughout her career, she has worked with a wide range of individuals and families across California, including adults and adolescents involved in the justice system, foster care and child welfare, military families, LGBTQ+ clients, transitioning-age youth (18–30), and couples navigating complex life transitions.
At the heart of Anna’s work is the belief that therapy is a collaborative process—one rooted in trust, curiosity, and compassion. She helps clients move from feeling stuck or overwhelmed toward greater clarity, emotional balance, and positive functioning in their daily lives.
Anna also has a special passion for working with children and adolescents through play therapy and sand tray work, offering younger clients a safe and creative way to express feelings when words may be hard to find.
What I Treat:
- Academic Stress
- Anger
- Behavioral Difficulties
- Body Image
- Change in Personal Belief System
- Depression
- Divorce
- Gender Identity
- Infertility
- LGBTQIA+
- Life Transitions
- Parenting and Discipline
- Relationships/Communication
- Self-Esteem
- Sexual Orientation
- Stress
- Trauma
- Work/Career
Special Interests:
- Body Image
- Gender Identity
- LGBTQIA+
- Life Transitions
Intensive Study/Specialization:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Marriage and Family Therapists are mental health professionals trained in psychotherapy with a family systems influence, and licensed to diagnose and treat mental and emotional disorders that affect individuals, couples, and families. The Federal government has designated marriage and family therapy as a core mental health profession along with psychiatry, psychology, social work and psychiatric nursing. The State of California support and regulate the profession by licensing MFTs.
Educational requirements
Marriage and Family Therapists have graduate training (either a masters or doctoral degree) in counseling psychology with an emphasis in marriage and family therapy. Prior to a rigorous exam process leading to licensure, LMFTs must complete at least 3,000 hours of post-graduate clinical experience under the supervision of a licensed mental health professional. Before full licensure, LMFTs are called “Associates”. LMFTs are employed in a variety of private and public settings, including private practice, community mental health centers, and behavioral managed care organizations.
Do LMFTs only work with clients who are having problems in their marriages and families?
No. While LMFTs are qualified to do couples and family therapy, most LMFTs work with individual adults to not only enhance the quality of their relationships, but also decrease symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress.
How can a LMFT help me?
Like other mental health professionals such as social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists, LMFTs help clients by diagnosing and treating common emotional and behavioral difficulties that interfere with functioning at an optimal level. LMFTs use empirical-supported counseling techniques to help their clients achieve desired goals.