Bestselling author. Writing teacher. Psychotherapist. Healer at heart.

Books

Ann is the bestselling author of Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol, named one of the 10 best books of 2013 by the Washington Post. 

Writing Your Recovery

A powerful 8-week memoir writing course.

We all have a story—or stories—to tell. Excavating those narratives, finding the courage to give voice to our secrets, takes time. I believe writing is a process of discovery. At the heart of good writing is finding a compelling, authentic voice. To locate that voice, each individual must get in touch with what is most integral in their experience.

You start dying slowly if you do not risk what is safe for the uncertain.

Pablo Neruda

I am a psychotherapist who specializes in working with women in life transition. I am also a registered social worker, a graduate of the Smith College for Social Work. Passionate about providing collaborative, trauma-informed, relational, embodied care for my clients, I work from a holistic perspective.

Counselling

  • We must be willing to give up the life we’ve planned to have the life that is waiting for us.

    Joseph Campbell

  • your life is your life. know it while you have it. you are marvelous. the gods wait to delight in you.

    Charles Bukowski

  • One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now.

    Annie Dillard