About Anna Petovello
Anna Petovello is a therapist at A Healing Place, LLC with a Master of Social Work degree from Western Michigan University. Anna served as an intern therapist with A Healing Place for over a year with her primary therapeutic work with youth, adults, couples, and the LGBTQ+ population. Prior to working as a therapist, she has worked at a local children's home as a Youth Advocate, a 24/7 crisis hotline as a Crisis Counselor, and in the schools as social and emotional support and learning for grades K-5 and with Special Education.
Anna works with a wide-range of mental health issues including gender identity, sexuality, depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders, and marital and relationship. She provides affirmative care for those in consensually non-monogamous and kink lifestyles. Her scope of practice comes with a sex-positive and relational-focused lens. Her therapeutic philosophy is to hold a safe and comfortable space for the unraveling of one's story and experience, through the use of cognitive-behavioral therapy, solution-focused techniques, existential methods, and components of emotion-focused therapy. She is Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 certified.
She is excited to work with individuals and couples with diverse mental health concerns and backgrounds. Anna holds pride in looking at individuals with a curious and questioning eye with her main focus in the therapeutic space to guide the evolution of change, growth, and self-empowerment through treatment.
Anna is a certified sex therapist through the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT) and earned her doctoral degree from Modern Sex Therapy Institutes.
Education
- Master of Social Work, Western Michigan University
- Doctoral Degree, Modern Sex Therapy Institutes
Other Certifications & Credentials
- Certified Sex Therapist, American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists (AASECT)
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 Certification
Ready to Work Together?
If you feel that Anna Petovello might be a good fit for your therapeutic journey, we'd love to hear from you. Please reach out to schedule an initial consultation.