Ann Forisha Thiel, PhD
Psychologist | Claimed

I specialize in adolescents, children, families and married couples. I have written and taught in these areas. I have successfully worked with couples in marital therapy as well as couple group therapy. For years I have worked with individuals, in both psychotherapy and life coaching.

I also consult with schools and give workshop on many topics. I have written 11 childrens books, which are available on Amazon.com.

My modality is psychodynamic and family systems. I work with all ethnic groups, gender and religious orientations. I have published, written, produced and taught throughout the world.

Although most of my clients are seen in the traditional 50-minute, exclusively via Zoom during the Covid-19 pandemic, I often conduct therapy in multiple sessions. In fact, I have found that a very effective means of treatment is actually to conduct family or couple therapy in marathon sessions. This requires scheduling 10 to 18 hours of work over a two or three day period. This method is particularly useful to help families breakout of a stalemate or work through an impasse in their relationship in order for members to move forward in their lives—together or separately as the case may be. Marathon sessions are often a very practical alternative whenever family members live far apart. In recent years, I have co-conducted such marathons along with my colleague, Dr. Bill Forisha, in San Francisco, California, Seattle, Washington, Hamburg, Germany, and Budapest, Hungary.