Anastasia Arceneaux

Anastasia Arceneaux is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana who focuses on helping people manage anger, stress, anxiety, and trauma. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and aims to make clients feel heard and respected. Her style emphasizes practical steps and steady support rather than judgment. She draws on 17 years in the counseling field to guide sessions with calm and clarity.

She uses a mix of client-centered work and cognitive-behavioral tools to address unhelpful patterns and build coping skills. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is one of the trauma-focused approaches she uses when appropriate. Motivational interviewing and mindfulness strategies also appear in her work to increase motivation and present-moment awareness.

Her background includes a master’s degree in psychological counseling and a specialist credential in school psychology. She has worked with children, adolescents, and adults across different mental health settings. That range gives her practical experience with parenting concerns, relationship and family challenges, grief, and issues like ADHD and addictions.

In sessions she emphasizes a nonjudgmental stance and believes people bring strengths that help them change. She supports clients who are dealing with anger, intimacy concerns, self-esteem problems, career stress, and life transitions. She also lists additional focus areas such as attachment issues, adoption and foster care, and caregiver stress.

Her goal is to empower clients to take manageable steps toward a more fulfilling life. Prospective clients will be asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

Approaches that shape online work and what they do

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s perspective. It helps clients feel respected and encourages them to use their own strengths to solve problems. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors connect and teaches concrete strategies to shift unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, anger, and depression. EMDR is a trauma-focused approach that helps people process distressing memories so they interfere less with daily life.

Deciding which approach fits best is a joint process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, what has or hasn’t worked before, and personal preferences. Together they will try ideas and adjust the plan so it matches the client’s needs and pace.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in this profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for check-ins that work around school or work breaks. It can also let some people use shorter phone or video check-ins when needed, or focus sessions on skill practice and homework between meetings. Licensed professionals tailor the work so sessions feel practical and usable in everyday life.