I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Birmingham, AL. I consider it an honor to be a container for people to look at parts of life and parts of themselves that feel messy, hard, and too painful to face alone. It is my goal that each person I have the privilege of sitting with experiences the sense that they and their stories matter. I work with people of all ages, starting at 3 years old through the lifespan. I have a specific clinical interest in providing care for children who have experienced trauma and attachment ruptures through foster care and adoption.
I earned my M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Montevallo and my B.A. in Communication and minor in Human Development and Family Studies from Auburn University. Along with this, I have completed advanced trainings in play therapy, Theraplay Level 1, Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI), Gottman Level 1 Certification, and TraumaPlay.
Life was intended to be experienced in connection, with self and with others. Counseling can provide a way of reconnecting and rediscovering parts of yourself that have been hurt and lost along the way. It is a high privilege to help you find healing and connection with YOU again.
Anna Bekah Hancock, MMFT, LPC
I practice primarily from a person-centered, attachment-based perspective and seek to tailor my approach to the individual needs of each client. I provide care for people experiencing a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma, relational issues, disordered eating, body image issues, adoption and foster care related concerns, and difficultly coping with life transitions, among others.
I provide individual, couple, and family therapy and work with people across the lifespan, starting at 3 years old. I utilize play therapy techniques to meet the developmental needs of children in my care.
My Approach
Specialties
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
Individual Therapy allows the client to take up space, process their experience, and make connections in their history to improve their overall sense of self and wellbeing.
PLAY THERAPY
Play Therapy provides children (ages 3 and up) with outlets such as toys, art, and play-based activities to express and process their emotions and stories in a way that is tailored to meet them exactly where they are.
ATTACHMENT THERAPY
Parents are the biggest agents of change in a child’s life. Attachment Therapy involves both the child and parent in counseling with a focus on the building blocks of attachment to improve the overall parent-child relationship and child wellbeing.