Ann Ghabel, LISW, RN-BC

Ann Ghabel has extensive experience working with children and families. She uses several types of treatments to help children cope with their problems, stresses, and mental health issues. She has worked with young children, grade school children, adolescents, and adults to help her clients improve their general well-being, and comfort, and manage issues causing distress. Areas of special interest include helping parents parent, working with children experiencing the loss of a parent or parents, management of anxiety, mood disorders, and other serious mental illnesses.

Previous experiences include working at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in the inpatient unit as a nurse for many years. She has done mediation for the sixth judicial district. She taught nursing at Kirkwood College. She received her education at the University of Iowa. She has a BSN from the College of Nursing and an MSW from the school of social work. She has nursing board certification in mental health. Other education included Ericksonian family therapy training at the Erickson Institute which included the use of clinical hypnosis. Her graduate work included training in Adlerian play therapy. She has hand training in the use of cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy.

Ann was born in Ottawa, Illinois, and resided in Iowa City since attending college. She is married and has successfully parented six children to be loving, functioning adults, who contribute to society.