Anna B.T. West, LCMHC

Anna B.T. West, LCMHC, is a Licensed Mental Health Clinician with 20 years of post-graduate experience providing psychotherapy to adults. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based treatments. Depending on each client’s needs and goals, Anna draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Behavioral Activation (BA), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD (PE), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD (CPT), and Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD (ERP).

Anna has pursued specialized training in several evidence-based approaches. She was trained in Behavioral Activation for Depression by Jonathan Kanter, Director of the Center for the Science of Social Connection at the University of Washington. She received training in Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD through the Veterans Affairs Center for Deployment Psychology and the Emory University Prolonged Exposure Consultant Training Program. Anna is also completing training for CPT for PTSD Network Provider Status through Strong Star, a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional research consortium supported by the U.S. Departments of Defense (DoD) and Veterans Affairs (VA).

Anna is trained in SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions), a Yale-developed, evidence-based parent-based treatment for childhood anxiety and OCD. SPACE helps parents reduce anxiety and OCD symptoms by changing family patterns and increasing supportive responses to their child’s anxiety. SPACE is parent-based treatment, so children do not need to participate in therapy sessions.

Anna holds a graduate degree in Expressive Arts Therapy and Mental Health Counseling from Lesley University. She brings creativity and flexibility to her work while maintaining a strong foundation in evidence-based practice.

Outside of her clinical work, Anna enjoys spending time with family, running, cross-country skiing, and photography. She also enjoys attending and volunteering with the performing arts organizations that make the Upper Valley community such a vibrant place.