Ann Macvaugh, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MS

Licensed

Online Counseling

(71 reviews)

LCSW Ann Macvaugh

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

Mental health conditions are real, common and treatable.

And recovery is possible.

Ann Macvaugh is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

More about me

Licensing: LCSW Years in Practice: 48 State: Mississippi

Thank you for taking the time to read my profile. I am a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist based in Mississippi. I have over 40 years of experience working with people from various backgrounds who are struggling with a wide variety of issues. I received my Bachelor's degree from the College of William and Mary in Virginia and my Master's degree from the University of Tennessee School of Social Work. I am passionate about assisting people to achieve their goals by providing a safe, confidential and positive clinical experience. I am easy to talk to, compassionate and non-judgmental. My approach is solution focused, client centered, and strengths based. I also utilize evidence based Cognitive Behavior Therapy. It is often necessary to combine various psychological techniques and approaches to meet the needs of each individual's mental and emotional challenges. I am excited to meet you and I hope you will give me an opportunity to work with you!

About online counseling

Online counseling allows you to receive care from an online mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Issues: Stress Anxiety Trauma and abuse Grief Self esteem Depression Relationship issues Family conflicts Parenting issues Anger management Bipolar disorder
Languages Spoken: English

Services offered

Professional, confidential, and judgment-free

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Ann is an e excellent therapist. She understands my issues and seeks for ways I can move forward. She uses a variety of modalities. I left therapy for awhile and needed to come back and I went straight to Ann. She is a treasure.

She really cares and is very dedicated

Ann is truly caring! She has a peaceful positive energy that is helpful to me. I feel grateful to have her as my therapist.

Ann is amazing. She’s helped me work through so much in what feels like such a short amount of time.

I’m so grateful to have found Ann. I’ve gone thru a tough few years and she has helped me so much! I now, have her to turn to for advice and direction. Thank you so much!

I’m so thankful to have come across Ann. She her expertise and experience really shows. She is empathetic but also very straight forward and solution based. I always look forward to her advice and ways to improve my quality of life for new life changes that’s happened. Thanks Ann!!!

Love Ann

She’s the best! I’ve recommended her to multiple friends

She very helpful and understanding has help calm my anxiety and stress was able to help me pin point the source of all my issues.

Ann has turned out to be just what I need in my life. I’ve had therapy in the past, so knew what I was looking for. She fits me well

I had a great session with Ann today. She encouraged me to use the journaling tool and to tap.

Dr. MacVaugh is nothing short of amazing: compassionate, intuitive, insightful. I will forever be grateful for her kind and gentle expertise.

I’m so happy I’ve found Ann, I finally found someone I can trust. Thank you

I am so blessed to have found Ann. She has been there for me when I really needed it. I will always be so thankful for her compassion, kindness, her understanding, her patience, support and above all, her empathy. I am forever grateful the universe sent her to me.

Ann Macvaugh has truly given me the tools to help me with my anxiety and stress. Through calm and caring conversations she has allowed me to voice my concerns and always provides me with real life answers, books to read, websites to visit and I know she is available to chat when I need her. If it weren’t for this App and Ann, I honestly don’t know how I would have handled the last year of turmoil, stress and anxiety. This App and caring, professional therapist that Ann is, IS the reason I feel so much better! Thank you to BetterHelp for this incredible way to have therapy remotely. Thank you Ann for everything and all you’ve done for me.

She is a great therapist

A++++

Ann’s experience goes hand in hand with her calm, attentive, intentional and thoughtful approach to diagnosing my issues then helping me resolve them by giving me actual proven methods to use.

She is great.

Ann is a great therapist who is understanding, has empathy and provides many ways of addressing things. I really appreciate her style and talking with her has helped a lot.

Ann is thorough and has a a variety of techniques to help you. She makes recommendations on what to read and what might help. She has a definite plan to help heal you.

I've had a groundbreaking life change and new way of thinking thanks to Ann's help!

An amazing wonderful caring lady. She’s changed my life and would highly recommend her!!!

Ann helps me identify areas that I can grow. She really guides me to feel empowered about every situation and has given me several tools to use when I feel stressed or overwhelmed. 5 out of 5 - highly recommend Ann!

I couldn't have ask for a better therapist. Ann is amazing! She had giving me such great advice and is helping get pass my traumas. I highly recommend her. Thank you Ann for everything you do.

My therapist rocks! She always listens to me and gives me great advice

Ann is awesome! She listens and I feel she’s on my same page!!

I’m happy I found Ann, She help me a lot.

Wey kind, attentive, and knows me/remembers what we’ve talked about and seems to genuinely be interested in me

She’s great, kind and personable!

Ann Is an awesome person and therapist. She's a good listener. She is also very responsive to journal entries, most of the time answering them in minutes. Ann Is very calm and patient. Thank you Ann From Rich

Ann has been great! She listens and gives great advice. I trust her opinion. Thank you so much

Very understanding and easy to talk to. I am looking forward to our next session.

I’ve only been doing BetterHelp for a short amount of time. Ann was and is my first recommendation therapist and I do enjoy our time talking. She gets right to the root of things but will slow down if she thinks we are moving to fast. She is very helpful.

Ann Macvaugh has been great to work with. She has helped me gain power over difficult situations and helped me discover strength inside myself that I forgot I had. She has helped me so much!

Ann is incredibly professional, compassionate, logical, and so so kind. She really takes the time to get to know you and really get to the root of the problem! She is very patient, determined, and so warm-hearted! I recommend her to EVERYBODY!

Ann is very kind and understanding. She asks insightful questions that help me to uproot my trauma.

I have only had one session with Ann so far but I can tell you that I’m very comfortable with her and able to open up. I’m not one to trust easily nor do I open up easily. I feel blessed to have found her and expect good things in the future

Ann is a wonderful therapist and I always look forward to our sessions. She is very insightful and wise in her experiences and suggestions that work! She is a great listener and really cares about what I share. I always feel calmer and better and have a better plan what to do next. She is great!

I love my therapist and I think she is helping me with my problems so far

And McVaugh is caring, professional and compassionate. she does this work because she loves it. She truly cares about her clients. I feel I can trust her with whatever I need to say and she is concerned about my well being and my friend's also, who has also undergone injustice. She encouraged me to text her between appointments and answers everything before she goes to sleep at night. She is committed to us.

Ann is the best therapist I have come across in years!! She really gets to the heart of your concerns and dies everything to get you to a better place in life. She puts 100% into her work and it shows.

Ann is so sweet and really cares to help me during my therapy sessions and outside of them. She is very skilled and has already helped me with the 3 sessions that I have had. She is trustworthy and is easy to talk to. I am very appreciative of Ann and to have her be apart of my healing journey.

Ann continues to help me through my dark periods and is also there for my happy times. She listens and responds with grace and so much support. Ann has had several ways to help me through my grief and the combinations are extremely helpful for me. Thank you, Ann for truly being wonderful for my mental health!

Ann has the experience, the knowledge and the compassion to really listen and understand. She asks the most intelligent questions to gather knowledge about your past and present in order to be able to help you with whatever issues you’re going through. Ann responds to journal entries in such an incredibly timely manner! Her experience leads her to quickly make useful, helpful suggestions. I look forward to my continuing my sessions, journal entries and talks with her. I feel so lucky and grateful to have Ann Macvaugh to discuss issues with. She’s a very special woman!

Ann is a wonderful therapist, my time with her is valuable and effective

Ann was wonderful. She was a great listener and understood all my problems. I am very happy I found her.

Ann is one of the two best therapists I have ever encountered. She is knowledgeable and compassionate, and results-oriented. I appreciate her expertise beyond words.

Ann has helped me a lot going through some personal matters, I would definitely recommend her!

I’ve only seen Ann a handful of times but she has already made a huge impact on my mental health. She actually listens and cares. She is so sweet, kind and genuine. I have a hard time connecting with people but her sweet spirit really makes me feel safe.

Ann is wonderful- compassionate, creative, experienced, and extremely pleasant to talk to. I really enjoy my meetings with Ann, and she's made some very helpful suggestions for additional tools and resources that I can use.

She is a wonderful therapist, her kind understanding demeanor allows you to get comfortable and talk, and her decades of experience shows every session.

Ann MacVaugh is insightful, supportive, and offers me real-life, practical suggestions where applicable She also understands when i just need someone i trust who can listen to me and encourage me. I always felt that she cared and that she actively looked for ways to support my healing

Ann had helped me a lot getting thru my problems. She listens and gives great advice. I've been thru a few therapist and she is definitely the one I can trust to help me. I would definitely recommend her to anyone that is going thru trauma.

Ann is a wonderful human who takes time to know, learn, and care for her clients. I have never had such a great experience! I would recommend her to everyone! I don't think I could go anywhere or to anyone better!

After having a not so successful experience with another therapist I feel that Ann has been God sent. I felt an immediate connection with her and I feel she completely understands the complexity of "me". I am so thankful that I reluctantly tried Betterhelp. Gratitude....

So far my therapist has been helpful in my treatment and I look forward to continuing my journey

She is a great trauma therapist, even though my trauma arent as bad, it still helpful to know that she knows how to help me

Absolutely enjoyed every minute with Ann, one of the best helps I’ve received throughout my years in therapy

Ann has been amazing. So nice and kind and beyond helpful. I love her. She makes me feel heard and understood. I’m blessed to have been paired with her.

Ms. Macvaugh has been a great pairing for my needs. The process of finding the correct therapist for me was easy and quick. So far we have had 5 sessions and I feel that she is a good fit - responsive, validating my concerns, and providing solid solutions to help me to cope with my issues. My 'homework' has been straightforward and very helpful. I highly recommend Ann Macvaugh for anyone who has PTSD, childhood trauma, or other difficult to deal with symptoms, don't want mask the symptoms with drugs, and are interested in more long-term solutions.

Ann is a wonderful therapist. Great listener, helps me problem solve and offers helpful additional resources. I highly recommend her.

Great empathetic therapist

Ms. MacVaugh is very professional, caring, and a great listener.

After a rocky start on Betterhelp with another therapist, I found Ann. She responds in a very timely fashion, and it's clear that she cares. I would highly recommend her, and I look forward to working with her more.

Ann really provides a nonjudgmental and safe space when in session with her. She really listens and treats you with great respect while still giving her honest opinion and advice. She is an incredible person to work with!

I got lucky finding Ann. Otherwise, the platform is not very clear and takes some learning to maneuver it. Once you get started and therapy the session seem to open up a little bit more but finding a therapist and sessions are a bit problematic. The only reason I will continue with this service is because of my current therapist, Ann.

I’m glad I am in therapy with her because she is great and she’s helping me well with everything so far. I connect with her and I would recommend her to everyone.

Really great to speak to and told me what I needed to hear in order to realize I needed to get out of a really bad relationship. It was definitely a tough process, but I feel much better after having made the right decision and know I truly deserve the best.

Very accepting and helped guide my thoughts as someone who is new to therapy and was very closed off to the idea, she made me feel safe and able to talk. I enjoyed my session and look forward to another one

Ann is an amazing Therapist!

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