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The Fixer Personality: Why You Can’t Stop Managing Other People’s Crises
The Fixer Personality: Why You Can’t Stop Managing Other People’s Crises, Annie Wright trauma therapy

The Fixer Personality: Why You Can’t Stop Managing Other People’s Crises

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About the Author

Annie Wright, LMFT

LMFT · Relational Trauma Specialist · W.W. Norton Author

Helping driven women finally feel as good as their résumé looks.

Annie Wright is a licensed psychotherapist (LMFT #95719) and trauma-informed executive coach with over 15,000 clinical hours. She works with driven women , including Silicon Valley leaders, physicians, and entrepreneurs , in repairing the psychological foundations beneath their impressive lives. Annie is the founder and former CEO of Evergreen Counseling, a multimillion-dollar trauma-informed therapy center she built, scaled, and successfully exited. A regular contributor to Psychology Today, her expert commentary has appeared in USA Today, Forbes, Business Insider, Inc., NBC, and The Information. She is currently writing her first book with W.W. Norton.

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Credentials & Licensure

License

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #95719)

Clinical Experience

15,000+ direct clinical hours

Licensed in 15 U.S. Jurisdictions, including Colorado (telehealth only)

CA LMFT95719 · CO MFT.0003236 (telehealth only) · CT 003806 · DC LMFT200001447 · FL TPMF356 (out-of-state telehealth registration) · IL 166.012270 · ME MF8600 · MD LCM1206 · NH 1030 · NJ 37FI00254800 · NY 002805 · TX 206391 · UT 14300323-3902 · VA 0717002589 · WA MFT.LF.70098096

Signature Frameworks

Creator of House of Life and Fixing the Foundations

Forthcoming Book

The Everything Years (W.W. Norton)

Past Leadership

Founder & former CEO, Evergreen Counseling


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