Anne Baker Mental Health Counseling, PLLC

11/13/2025

My newest newsletter is live! The search for a therapist is confusing and exhausting, here's why it's so hard.

Ultimately, a therapist's trainings, theory, experience and skills are useless if you don't like them.

11/08/2025

ADHD is not laziness! I say this at least 5x a week.

10/22/2025

My latest newsletter. For everyone who wants to build community but is afraid of rejection. Featuring the Schenectady Greenmarket!

Being in community doesn't necessarily mean being friends with people. I've come to think of it as being known to others; where your presence or absence is noted.

09/25/2025

My own executive dysfunction delayed this post over the summer. But I'm back! And hopefully will be posting more frequently.

Previous Tyranny of Doing posts: Trauma, Activism, Home and Family A huge section of my practice focuses on folks with ADHD and Autism. Some clients come to me already diagnosed, and some come for a different reason and we determine over time that many of their struggles are connected to

06/10/2025

My latest post in the Tyranny of Doing series, this time about Household Management and Parenting.
"American societal standards tell mothers that we should parent like we don’t work and work like we don’t parent. It is helpful to remember that our societal standards of cleanliness and parenting are based on a time when many women did not work outside the home."

American societal standards tell mothers that we should parent like we don’t work and work like we don’t parent. It is helpful to remember that our societal standards of cleanliness are based on a time when many women did not work outside the home.

05/14/2025

My latest newsletter post on the intersection of the Tyranny of Doing and Activism.

I find the “Tyranny of Doing” to show up a lot in activism spaces, especially online. Feeling helpless, and the anxiety that comes with it, often feeds into the internal and external pressure to “Do Something”.

04/23/2025

I appreciate her posts so much. Her whole page is ADHD education. Also, I know this applies to at least a few of my clients.

04/09/2025

My latest post about Doing and the effects of trauma.


A common theme I hear among my clients is guilt or shame for not "doing something" when something bad happens to them. Or shame about perceived pressure to "do something" to solve a situation that is ultimately out of their hands. I notice my own internal pressure to "do something" whether it is about injustices, the cleanliness of my house, or to do something to augment my income. This newsletter is 100% an offshoot of that internal pressure

A common theme I hear among my clients is guilt or shame for not "doing something" when something bad happens to them. Or shame about perceived pressure to "do something" to solve a situation that is ultimately out of their hands. I notice my own internal pressure to "do something"

04/02/2025

"Do No Harm, But Take No S**t" is kind of my motto in life and in the therapy room. My clients all know I'm a very straightforward person. I've had supervisors who told me I was too blunt, too pushy. I had a high school principal refer to me as "vicious" after I refused to give in on a boundary and expressed my frustration with being pushed. I'm the right therapist for lots of people and the wrong one for lots more. And that's ok.

The second photo is my favorite essential oil blend that I often diffuse in session: Aura Cacia "Chill". It has lavender, peppermint, orange, and patchouli.

03/14/2025

My latest post: "Grief is An Appropriate Reaponse." There is much to grieve, and it's important to make space for that! I get really nerdy about the intersection of grief and capitalism. And I offer some suggestions on how to take care of yourself.

https://the-skeptical-therapist.ghost.io/grief-is-an-appropriate-response/

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03/06/2025

I've started a blog! I'll link to it on my website as well. This will be a collection of my thoughts and responses to mental health, the chaos that is current events, parenting, and other areas. I will also eventually have resources available for sale as well.

Reflections on the intersection of mental health and chaos.

01/23/2025

I have room on my caseload for 4-5 new regular clients. I also provide single-session letters of support for gender affirming care.
Telehealth Only Tuesday, Hybrid Wednesday-Friday.
518-306-1072 or email anne@annebakerlmhc.com