WEEKEND THERAPY AVAILABLE · SATURDAY APPOINTMENTS
EMDR & TRAUMA THERAPY FOR ADULTS
Anna Steele, LCSW, offers EMDR and trauma-focused therapy for adults seeking support with childhood trauma, complex PTSD, attachment wounds, and relationship patterns that keep repeating. Therapy is tailored to your history, goals, and readiness.
Meet with Anna in person in Vail or online anywhere in Arizona.
Saturday appointments available
$150 per 50-minute session
Free 15-minute consultation
Private pay and eligible out-of-network benefits
You may understand the pattern and still feel caught in it
Perhaps you have noticed that similar difficulties keep appearing, even when the people or circumstances change.
- Find yourself in the same painful relationship dynamics.
- Struggle to trust others or feel emotionally safe.
- Feel responsible for managing everyone else's emotions.
- Have difficulty setting boundaries without guilt.
- Understand your past intellectually but still feel affected by it.
- Experience anxiety, depression, shame, anger, or emotional disconnection.
These patterns often developed for understandable reasons. Therapy can help you recognize what keeps them in place and begin responding with greater freedom and self-understanding.
Therapy that goes beneath the surface
Coping strategies can provide relief, but you may be looking for a deeper understanding of why certain emotions and relationship patterns continue to return.
Anna helps clients explore how earlier experiences shaped their attachment patterns, emotional responses, and ways of protecting themselves.
Therapy may help you:
- Understand the origin of recurring patterns.
- Experience difficult emotions more safely.
- Develop healthier boundaries.
- Recognize protective responses that no longer serve you.
- Build relationships that feel safer and more mutual.
- Respond to yourself with greater clarity and compassion.
The goal is not to blame your past or force you to relive painful experiences. It is to understand how those experiences affect you now and what can begin to change.
Areas Anna can help you explore
- Childhood trauma
- Complex PTSD and PTSD
- Childhood emotional neglect
- Attachment wounds
- Repeating relationship patterns
- Family-of-origin difficulties
- Codependency and over-responsibility
- Difficulty trusting or feeling emotionally safe
- Boundaries and self-worth
- Anxiety, depression, shame, or anger
You do not need a formal diagnosis before reaching out.
EMDR is one tool within a broader, individualized treatment plan. Anna may integrate EMDR with attachment-based, somatic, psychodynamic, Internal Family Systems, cognitive behavioral, and mindfulness-based approaches according to your goals, history, and comfort level.
You do not need to know which treatment method you need. During your consultation, you and Anna can discuss what you are experiencing and whether her approach feels like the right fit.
Meet Anna Steele, LCSW
Anna has worked in mental health since 2000 and has practiced as a therapist since earning her Master of Social Work from Arizona State University in 2009.
Her experience includes community mental health, crisis services, residential treatment, juvenile detention, and private practice. Through this work, she has developed particular expertise in trauma, attachment, emotional experience, and the patterns that shape relationships.
Anna believes meaningful change involves more than being told what to do differently. Therapy can help you understand yourself more fully, safely experience emotions that may have been avoided or dismissed, and develop new ways of relating to yourself and others.
Weekend therapy in Vail or online across Arizona
Anna currently offers therapy appointments on Saturdays.
In-person therapy
Appointments are available at Anna's office in Vail. Clients also travel from nearby communities, including Sahuarita, Green Valley, Benson, Sonoita, and southeast Tucson.
Online therapy
Secure virtual appointments are available to clients located throughout Arizona.
A Saturday appointment may make it easier to attend consistently without missing work, rearranging a weekday schedule, or rushing between other responsibilities.
Fees and payment
Individual therapy is $150 per 50-minute session.
Anna primarily works with private-pay clients and accepts HSA payments.
For eligible plans, Anna's billing company can submit out-of-network claims on your behalf. Reimbursement depends on the terms of your insurance plan and is not guaranteed.
You can discuss payment and potential out-of-network eligibility during your free consultation.
Frequently asked questions
Do you offer EMDR therapy? +
Yes. Anna offers EMDR as part of an individualized, trauma-focused approach. During your consultation, she can explain how she uses EMDR and whether it may fit your goals. EMDR is not automatically used in every session.
Do you offer therapy on Sundays? +
Anna currently offers Saturday appointments. Availability may change, so you are welcome to ask about other options during your consultation.
Do I need to have a PTSD diagnosis? +
No. You do not need a formal diagnosis before reaching out. Therapy can begin by exploring your current concerns, experiences, and goals.
Do you offer online therapy? +
Yes. Secure online therapy appointments are available to adults located anywhere in Arizona.
What happens during the free consultation? +
The consultation is a brief conversation where you can share what you are looking for, ask questions, and determine whether Anna's approach and availability feel like a good fit.
Do you accept insurance? +
Anna primarily works with private-pay clients. For eligible plans, her billing company may submit out-of-network claims on your behalf, although reimbursement is not guaranteed.
Find out whether working with Anna feels like the right next step
Saturday appointments are available in person in Vail and online throughout Arizona.
Request a Free 15-Minute Consultation
Share your contact information and preferred availability. Anna will personally review your request and contact you within 1–2 business days to answer your questions and discuss whether working together feels like the right fit.
Please do not include diagnoses, symptoms, trauma history, or other confidential health information. This form is only for contact and scheduling purposes.