Dr. Annette Burns Porter, MD, LCPC

Dr. Annette Burns Porter brings a collaborative, client-centered approach to therapy, viewing each person as the expert on their own life while guiding them toward clearer goals and more satisfying relationships. With 21 years of experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings, she has worked across the lifespan with culturally diverse populations and adapts an integrative approach to meet each client’s individual needs. She offers individual and family therapy and provides trauma-informed treatment for adolescents, young adults, adults, and seniors.

Her practice emphasizes practical strategies for anxiety, mood and adjustment disorders, substance-related and addictive disorders, post-traumatic stress, family conflict, relational issues, and life transitions such as loss and phase-of-life changes. In addition to these areas, she supports concerns related to stress, grief, depression, LGBT issues, intimacy and relationship challenges, eating and anger issues, self-esteem, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. Dr. Porter combines evidence-based methods with a respectful, strengths-focused stance to help clients identify priorities and take meaningful steps toward change.

She holds the credentials MD (medical doctor) and LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor) and maintains a professional license listed as MD LCPC LC1621. Her work is informed by multiple clinical approaches so interventions are tailored to what will best serve each person and family.