Anna Thedford MA, LPCI works in her private practice in Bend, OR with a group of professionals at Juniper Mountain Counseling and Wellness where they share a holistic vision of care for their clients.
    
   Anna has a deep passion for working with children to help them find their pathway to their fullest potential.  Through the years she has worked with special needs and at-risk youth in many different environments from schools, teen centers, youth shelters, and in home services. Anna graduated with her Bachelors degree in Psychology from Southern Oregon University in 2001.  After graduating she moved to Maui to work with special needs youth for a year and then returned to her home town of Portland, OR to start graduate school.  She completed her Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology June 2007 from Lewis & Clark College.  She began working in schools as a counselor and received her license in school counseling.  She is currently registered with the Oregon Board of Professional Counselors as an intern working towards her license as a Professional Counselor (LPC).

    Anna works closely with the founders of Yoga Calm, which began as a year long internship during graduate school to most recently teaching Yoga Calm as an adjunct professor with Portland State University.