Ann Surber, LCSW

Psychotherapy in Portland, Oregon

About Me

Welcome! I’m Ann. I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Illinois and Oregon, specializing in relational psychodynamic psychotherapy since I began practicing in 2022. After earning my BA in sociology from Wesleyan University and my Master of Social Work degree from the University of Chicago, I completed two years of advanced post-graduate training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy at the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis and through the Depth Counseling fellowship program.

In my therapeutic work, I am interested in slowing down and helping us both to understand you. I will listen carefully to you and share my perspectives and reflections to help us make sense of your experiences together, within a relationship that is nurturing, consistent, curious, collaborative, and honest.

I am a member of the Oregon Psychoanalytic Center and the Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California, where I participate in ongoing consultation and learning opportunities. Before becoming a psychotherapist, I spent several years as a case manager and advocate for young people in the foster care and juvenile justice systems.

To me, some of the most meaningful learning happens through the work I do with clients and the relationships we build in therapy. It’s an honor to be trusted and to accompany you in this brave work of healing and discovery. My hope is that this process helps you to encounter your own resiliency and capabilities, to feel empowered to make choices that are authentic to you, and to steadily grow into whoever you want to become while being more of who you are now.