Core Values & Mission

You are more than one piece of your story.

Like a puzzle, our lives are complex and made up of many different pieces, some beautiful, some broken, some still waiting to be placed. It's easy to look at the piece that hurts the most and believe that's the whole picture: the divorce, the diagnosis, the job loss, the breakup, the mistake you can't stop replaying. But no single piece defines the full image. Annie founded You Are More on the conviction that every person who walks through her door is more than their worst chapter, more than their current struggle, and more than the label the world has handed them. Therapy is the space where you get to step back, see the whole puzzle, and start discovering how even the pieces that feel out of place are part of something meaningful.

Healing is a journey, not a destination.

There is no finish line in the work of becoming who you were made to be. Some weeks you'll feel like you've taken three steps forward. Other weeks it might feel like five steps back. That's not failure, that's the process. At You Are More, Annie doesn't expect you to show up with everything figured out. She doesn't expect you to "fix" yourself on a timeline. What she offers instead is a steady, patient presence, someone who will carry the hope for you until you can pick it back up again. Progress doesn't always look dramatic. Sometimes it's noticing the pause before you react, choosing a different response in the same old argument, or simply being honest with yourself for the first time in years. All of that counts. All of that matters.

Faith and therapy are not at odds.

For too long, people of faith have been told to choose: pray about it or go to therapy. Annie believes you don't have to pick one. With a Master's degree in Theology from Notre Dame and a Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy from Indiana Wesleyan, she brings the conviction that true healing addresses the whole person, mind, heart, and soul. For clients who want it, Annie integrates faith and prayer into sessions, trusting that the Holy Spirit knows you better than any therapist ever could. But faith integration is never assumed and never forced. Whether you come to You Are More as a lifelong Catholic, a spiritual seeker, or someone with no religious background at all, you will be met exactly where you are with the same respect, compassion, and clinical excellence.

You don't need to have "issues" to see a therapist.

One of the biggest myths about therapy is that it's only for people in crisis, that you need a diagnosis, a breakdown, or a rock-bottom moment before you've "earned" the right to sit in a counselor's office. That couldn't be further from the truth. Some of the most meaningful work Annie does is with clients who simply feel like something is off, who want to grow as a person or a partner, who are preparing for a new season of life, or who just need someone to listen to their story without an agenda. Seeking support is not a sign of weakness. It is one of the bravest, most self-aware decisions you can make, and Annie will never make you feel like your reasons for being there aren't enough.

The present moment is a gift.

In a culture obsessed with "what's next", the next relationship, the next promotion, the next milestone, it's easy to sleepwalk through the season you're actually in. Annie learned this lesson the hard way during her own years of singleness, and it became the heartbeat of her book Single Truth and the foundation of her entire practice. No matter where you are right now, single, married, thriving, struggling, certain, or completely lost, there is meaning and purpose waiting for you in this moment, not just the next one. At You Are More, Annie helps clients stop rushing past the present and start discovering what God has already placed in front of them. Your life is not on hold. It never was.