Ann Ghabel, LISW
Iowa · 11 years in practice
Ann Ghabel uses hypnotherapy alongside conversational approaches to help people manage stress and anxiety.
License and registration
- LISW, Iowa
- 04853 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1245888965 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 11
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Ann
Ann Ghabel uses hypnotherapy alongside conversational approaches to help people manage stress and anxiety. She is an Iowa-licensed social worker who brings over a decade of hands-on therapy experience. Ann writes plainly and listens closely to what matters most to each person.
She spent many years working in an inpatient child psychiatry unit as a nurse and teaching psychiatric nursing before focusing on therapy. That background gives her a practical sense of how emotions, behavior, and health interact.
Background and approach
She draws on this experience when supporting people through trauma, grief, and major life changes. Ann works with individuals around parenting worries, family conflict, sleeping and eating concerns, and mood differences such as depression or bipolar mood swings. She also helps with ADHD, compassion fatigue, anger, self-esteem, and career-related stress.
Her additional focus areas include adoption and foster care issues, attachment and caregiver stress, chronic illness, and domestic violence recovery. In sessions she creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can talk through difficult memories and current problems. She blends client-centered conversation with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and mindfulness.
Hypnotherapy is offered as one option to support relaxation and access different ways of thinking about problems. Ann aims to work collaboratively to set clear goals and practical steps people can use between meetings. She encourages small, steady changes and checks progress along the way.
Getting help can feel hard at first, and she focuses on making that first step manageable.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ann lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ann names
- Hypnotherapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that work well online
Ann blends hypnotherapy, client-centered methods, and cognitive behavioral therapy to support people in remote sessions. Hypnotherapy focuses on guided relaxation and suggestion to help shift patterns of thought and reduce stress or worry. Client-centered therapy centers on listening and reflection so people feel heard and can shape goals at their own pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy offers practical exercises and thought-work to change unhelpful thinking and behavior, useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems.Choosing the right approach is a team effort. The therapist will discuss goals, try a few methods, and adjust what’s used based on how helpful each method feels. That collaborative process helps find the best combination of tools for each person's needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and situations. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversational work. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can fit a break during a workday. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for short check-ins, coaching between sessions, or when writing feels easier than talking. These options aim to make consistent care more flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does this therapist address?
Ann supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, parenting and family conflict, grief, sleeping and eating issues, anger, self-esteem, bipolar mood concerns, ADHD, and related life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a client-centered approach with clear, practical tools. Sessions may include cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness practices, and hypnotherapy as appropriate.
How many years of experience does she have?
She has 11 years of professional experience as a therapist and additional decades of experience working in inpatient child psychiatry and teaching psychiatric nursing.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is licensed in Iowa and holds the LISW credential, listed as IA LISW in her professional details.
Which languages are supported and can international clients be seen?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best for the person.
How is cost handled for sessions?
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