Annabelle Potvin, ACSW

Annabelle (she/her) is an Associate Clinical Social Worker with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master’s degree in Social Welfare from UC Berkeley. Over the past decade, Annabelle has supported families as a family advocate with the National Alliance on Mental Illness and as a clinical case manager for children and adolescents in crisis. More recently, she has worked as a perinatal psychotherapist and  an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant in Oakland preschools.

Annabelle’s personal experiences of struggle and transformation inspire her commitment to this work. She values Wonder’s holistic, creative approach to supporting families.

Her practice incorporates mindfulness, self-compassion, expressive arts, and attachment theory, and is trauma-informed, LGBTQIA+, and neurodivergent affirmative. Annabelle collaborates with clients to reduce suffering and amplify inherent  strengths.

Annabelle’s therapeutic style is grounded, non-judgmental, and authentic. With warmth and humor, she strives to strike a balance between creative flow and clear, tangible progress toward clients’ goals.  She has experience addressing trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, neurodiversity, life transitions, relationship issues, and perinatal concerns.

Annabelle’s own parenthood journey informs her empathy and clinical practice. She is in awe of the strength of parents and finds deep satisfaction in helping them build emotional regulation strategies, strengthen support systems, and cultivate self-compassion. Annabelle firmly believes there is no “bad parent”—everyone does their best with what they have in each moment. In her free time, Annabelle enjoys Bay Area nature, creating art, reading fantasy novels, kitchen dance parties, long walks, and catching up with friends. She believes healing happens through connection and that community, joy, and rest are essential for personal and collective healing.